Canada Day 7: Levis - Breakfast at Chez Cora

So far, our week in Canada had been quite fun, traveling via minivan with my friend C and her family.  After last night's awesome dinner at Le Cochon Dingue, we crashed for the night at a local hotel in Levis. We then met up with C's blogfriend, NM and her youngest for breakfast at a popular breakfast chain, Chez Cora.

This was just down the road from our hotel and while it was a bit overcast in the morning, it would soon burn off and turn into a scorching hot day...

But first, let's have some breakfast, shall we?

Old Quebec at Night

After our satisfying dinner at Le Cochon Dingue, we headed out to walk off some calories...

Even though it was night time, the weather was still a bit warm. It was nice not having to wear a jacket and feel cold.

I was also on the lookout for a few souvenirs to bring back home...

Le Cochon Dingue

A view of the glorious Chateau Frontenanc on the edge of old Quebec was quite majestic...

The relatively short ferry ride from the picturesque town of Levis across the river took only ten minutes...

Ferryride from Levis to Quebec City

After we rested for a few hours, we drove down to the ferry landing so we could have dinner in Vieux Quebec (old Quebec)...

The Levis side has a spectacular view of Quebec and the ferry ride, we were told, would be very short...

More of Levis...plus the Levis Armoury!

Since we were unfamiliar with the town, we had no choice but to follow NM and her kids around the neighborhood...

This billboard touted the virtues of Blanche de Chambly beer, made by Unibroue from Quebec.

Further up the street, we would pass by NM's favorite breakfast place...

Glacerie a l'Europeenne/Les Chocolats Favoris

Here we are trekking into the Glacerie a l'Europeene which is housed in a beautiful old Victorian home...

which was built in 1909 for Dr. Alfred-Valere Roy, a surgeon. The ice cream shop moved there in 1996 and also shares space with Les Chocolats Favoris, an artisanal chocolate and confection shop. That's TC about to walk through the door...

After looking at other folks' photos of this place, I guess you could say we were lucky that there weren't any lines! The pix I saw had people lined up across the street and down the block!

Levis, QC, Quebec

After our awesome lunch at La Belle Province, we piled back into the minivan and headed to the city of Levis...

but not before trying one of TC's wierd Canadian candies, in this case, gummy and sour blue raspberry flavored Big Foot. She thought it was hilarious that the candy was shaped like a foot and that the toe was really huge. This candy made by the Allan Candy , a Canadian product, and comes in other colors and flavors. I could only take one piece since I'm not into the sour stuff...

We would be on the road for a few more hours...

Canada Trip 2012 : Day 6 - Quebec City

Well now...after a brief hiatus caused by a combination of laziness and other sorts of distractions, I bring you the Return of the Canada posts!!!

Last summer was one of the best trips we've had because we went on an epic road trip with C and her family (of the blog Life on Manitoulin)...Above, their trusty mini van which was our traveling vehicle, as it was parked at her friends' place in Ottawa.

It was time to hit the road and drive up to Quebec to meet up with one of C's blogfriends...

Canada Trip - Day 7 Highlights

C's friend joined us for breakfast at a very popular QC spot...

FarmerJohn pouring syrup over the breakfast special...

Canada Trip - Day 6 Highlights

We did a change up in plans and decided to stay in Quebec City instead of going to Granby (at C's friend's sister's place - it's farther out, like three hours away from QC).

Anyhow, here are some Canadian snacks. Crispers are like Wheatables. Bits & Bites are like Chex Mix...

The drive times between the cities were hellaciously long!  Plus their freeways are always in a state of construction...