Today we learned to be adventurers. Since today was our day off, we decided to search the internet for must-dos in Quebec City. One that seemed to appear over and over again was the Montmorency Falls. After doing some research, we found that the falls were only a ten minute drive from our hotel. This is where the adventure began. Our uber dropped us off near the top of the falls where, after a short walk and a few stairs, we reached the suspension bridge. Since our day was about adventure, I tried to keep my knees from shaking as I stared over an 83 meter (or 272 feet) drop which for reference is 30 meters (or 99 feet) greater than Niagara Falls. After crossing the suspension bridge, we took stairs down to the base of the waterfall where we were overwhelmed with the mist of the waterfall. In this photograph, Jordan, Mary Clair, and I are standing at the base of the falls where we decided that we might as well get the full experience of being right next to the waterfall no matter how wet it made us.

After going to the falls and drying off at the hotel, we made our way back into Quebec City where we shopped, ate lunch, and visited some more sights. One in particular that we were able to visit was Cathedral-Basilica of Notre-Dame de Quebec. The picture above shows the front of the cathedral after the completion of a mass service today. I learned that this church is actually the oldest church in Canada having been built in 1647. However, the cathedral has caught fire twice in its history, so many features of the church have since changed. The cathedral was originally built on this site to incorporate the chapel constructed by Samuel de Champlain in 1633. When walking around old Quebec City, the bells of the cathedral clearly rang across the streets. The church is a staple of the community religiously as well as a central piece of architecture.