Places to remember or at least check out
Cons:
This year's Otakuthon in Montreal is 22-24th august. It always seems to fall at the end of august.
AnimeNorth in Toronto was may 23-25th, so it will most likely fall in those dates next year.
Foodyums
Must try: tourtiere
http://www.goodfoodstories.com/2013/05/23/quebec-restaurants/
http://www.versarestaurant.com/index_en.php (my cousin's restaurant! Niisan, staring at the menu and I,m like 'we could eat there for days' ahaha.)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Restaurant_Review-g155033-d3476688-Reviews-IX_pour_Bistro-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (currently rated 1 out ofa thousand places. it does sound interesting)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Restaurant_Review-g155033-d3605422-Reviews-or10-Loews_Le_Concorde-Quebec_City_Quebec.html#REVIEWS our equivalent of the Reunion Tower.. but the reviews seem more meh than good for the food and servive... hmm... :( It has closed now since the hotel changed hands but I will keep an eye open.)
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/caf%C3%A9-st-malo-qu%C3%A9bec#query:Escargot (this place sounds like it has them but not in the shell. It also sounds like it has everything amazing too, for a good price.)
Activities
Montmorency Falls, Nuns museum, chocolate museum: MUST DO
http://www.huron-wendat.qc.ca/en/rates.html#activites http://www.quebecregion.com/en/historic-sites/site-traditionnel-huron-onhoua-chetek8e/ very much should do
http://www.lacitadelle.qc.ca/fr/activit%C3%A9s/rel%C3%A8ve-de-la-garde.html (could be interesting! Has a museum too)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d4508207-Reviews-Jardin_Botanique_Roger_Van_den_Hende-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (our botanical garden, not so epic)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d183917-Reviews-Aquarium_du_Quebec-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (aquarium, even if the latest reviewer seems disgruntled, others enjoyed it)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d155603-Reviews-Musee_de_la_Civilisation-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (year-round exhibit about amerindians, will have to see what else is over there on our timeline)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d155593-Reviews-Musee_National_des_Beaux_Arts-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (free entry it sounds like, but we have little to no japanese influenced art really. There is some inuit art thhough, and many quebec artist painters.)
This year's Otakuthon in Montreal is 22-24th august. It always seems to fall at the end of august.
AnimeNorth in Toronto was may 23-25th, so it will most likely fall in those dates next year.
Foodyums
Must try: tourtiere
http://www.goodfoodstories.com/2013/05/23/quebec-restaurants/
http://www.versarestaurant.com/index_en.php (my cousin's restaurant! Niisan, staring at the menu and I,m like 'we could eat there for days' ahaha.)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Restaurant_Review-g155033-d3476688-Reviews-IX_pour_Bistro-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (currently rated 1 out ofa thousand places. it does sound interesting)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Restaurant_Review-g155033-d3605422-Reviews-or10-Loews_Le_Concorde-Quebec_City_Quebec.html#REVIEWS our equivalent of the Reunion Tower.. but the reviews seem more meh than good for the food and servive... hmm... :( It has closed now since the hotel changed hands but I will keep an eye open.)
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/caf%C3%A9-st-malo-qu%C3%A9bec#query:Escargot (this place sounds like it has them but not in the shell. It also sounds like it has everything amazing too, for a good price.)
Activities
Montmorency Falls, Nuns museum, chocolate museum: MUST DO
http://www.huron-wendat.qc.ca/en/rates.html#activites http://www.quebecregion.com/en/historic-sites/site-traditionnel-huron-onhoua-chetek8e/ very much should do
http://www.lacitadelle.qc.ca/fr/activit%C3%A9s/rel%C3%A8ve-de-la-garde.html (could be interesting! Has a museum too)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d4508207-Reviews-Jardin_Botanique_Roger_Van_den_Hende-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (our botanical garden, not so epic)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d183917-Reviews-Aquarium_du_Quebec-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (aquarium, even if the latest reviewer seems disgruntled, others enjoyed it)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d155603-Reviews-Musee_de_la_Civilisation-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (year-round exhibit about amerindians, will have to see what else is over there on our timeline)
http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g155033-d155593-Reviews-Musee_National_des_Beaux_Arts-Quebec_City_Quebec.html (free entry it sounds like, but we have little to no japanese influenced art really. There is some inuit art thhough, and many quebec artist painters.)