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Fun Photo Friday — Quebec Favorites Part 1

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Quebec Lower Town

Now for today’s selection of Quebec City photo favorites:

Fall Foliage Cruise — Taking in Québec’s Fall Foliage

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Greens, Yellows, and Reds

As we strolled through the streets of Quebec City, Ursula and I were not disappointed in our introduction to the area’s fall foliage. The colors were stunning, and of a far wider range of colors than the fall foliage we sought out in our trip through New Mexico’s Enchanted Circle (Part 1; Part 2; and Fun Photo Friday favorites). Whereas that trip gave us impressive yellows and golds set against a backdrop of mostly dark greens, this foliage was an explosion of reds...

Fall Foliage Cruise — Taking in Quebec’s Fall Foliage

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Greens, Yellows, and Reds

As we strolled through the streets of Quebec City, Ursula and I were not disappointed in our introduction to the area’s fall foliage. The colors were stunning, and of a far wider range of colors than the fall foliage we sought out in our trip through New Mexico’s Enchanted Circle (Part 1; Part 2; and Fun Photo Friday favorites). Whereas...style="color:#ff00ff;">

Fall Foliage Cruise — Starting in Québec

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One of Quebec’s famous fresco murals

In early October of this year Ursula and I flew to Montreal, Canada, where we spent two nights before taking the train to one of our favorite destinations, Quebec City. Flying into Montreal was much cheaper than landing at Quebec’s airport, so this is why we went this route.

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Louis S. St. Laurent Building

Our reason for going to Quebec was to catch a cruise ship to capture the colors of fall in the Maritime Provinces and Maine before the ship headed south...

Fall Foliage Cruise — Starting in Quebec

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One of Quebec’s famous fresco murals

In early October of this year Ursula and I flew to Montreal, Canada, where we spent two nights before taking the train to one of our favorite destinations, Quebec City. Flying into Montreal was much cheaper than landing at Quebec’s airport, so this is why we went this route.

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Louis S. St. Laurent Building

Our reason for going to Quebec was to catch a cruise ship to capture the colors of fall in the Maritime Provinces and Maine before the ship headed south on a reposition to Fort Lauder...

Fun Photo Friday — Newfoundland 3

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The Bradley J Awaits

Our final images of Newfoundland, and a conclusion to our series on visiting the Baltic and transiting the North Atlantic:

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Standing Tall

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Kathy Michelle II, Petty Harbour

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Sitting on ‘The Gut’ (name for Quidi Vidi Harbour)

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“At the 3:05 tone the time will be 3:26”

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Quidi Vidi Trio

Transatlantic — Last Look Newfoundland and End of Voyage

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Cape Spear

It’s been quite a while since I started this series on our back-to-back voyages aboard Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas. Part 1 ran from March 18 through July 19, and took you to many destinations throughout the Baltic. I started running Part 2, showing you our transatlantic crossing, way back on July 22, and this week’s Fun Photo Friday will conclude that series as our final destination was disembarkation from Vision of the Seas in Bayonne, New Jersey.

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St. John’s Harbour

I hope you enjoyed this series and found it bot...

Transatlantic — Quidi Vidi, Water Street, and around

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Afternoon return to Cape Spear—New Lighthouse

Our van tour may seem a little redundant, as we returned to Cape Spear later that afternoon on our way back to St. John. But the advantage to making the same stop at different times is different lights and shadows. You’ll see more of what I mean on Wednesday with additional photos of the Old Lighthouse at Cape Spear, but until then the photo above is of the New Lighthouse there. Below are views of St. John’s taken from a distance:

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Basilica of St. John the Baptist

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St. John’s from a distance

One of our...

Fun Photo Friday — Newfoundland 2

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Cape Spear

I present to you Part 2 of my three-part series of Newfoundland favorites:

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Old Number 906

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Seeing Red

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St. John’s Rainbow of Color

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Petty Harbour

Transatlantic — Signal Hill and Cabot Tower, St. John’s

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Cabot Tower

Our tour van made a rather long trek up Signal Hill overlooking St. John’s, Newfoundland, with several stops along the climb. One of these stops was at the Johnson Geo Centre, from which there were some great views of St. John’s and the Basilica of St. John the Baptist:

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View of St. John’s from near Johnson Geo Centre

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View of Basilica of St. John from near Johnson Geo Centre

At the crest of Signal Hill you’ll find Cabot Tower.

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Cabot Tower

And as we trekked up the hill from the parking lot, we came across this little fellow, one of two dog breeds associated wi...