Today we road the bus as a group to the Quebec parliament. On the bus, we were able to travel as locals and experience more how locals live. This photograph shows parliament from the front. When we arrived at parliament, we walked all around the building to see it from every angle, and it was both ornate and simple. It was ornate in that the building has so much detail, but it was also located in the city in such a way that it blends in with the surrounding architecture and does not overpower it. Due to construction and scheduling, we were not able to take a tour, but even seeing the new landscaping being planted was exciting because all of the gorgeous spring flowers were being planted.

We were not able to take a tour of parliament, but we were able to take in the surrounding sights. One sight that we were able to see just out front of parliament was the foundation. The beautiful fountain in this picture is called Le Fontaine de Tourny. After doing some research, I found that this fountain was designed in France in 1853 and even appeared at the Paris World’s Fair in 1855. After many years and many owners, department store owner Peter Simons bought the fountain from an antique dealer and had it restored by a Parisian specialist. Peter Simons gifted the fountain to Quebec City for its 400th anniversary. I love this fountain because it reminds me of TCU. The first reason is the tulips surrounding the fountain that are infamous at TCU, and the second reason is the frogs in the fountain (go frogs!).