Welcome to Québec!
Québec, a city of history, culture, and tradition, is an intriguing mixture of sophistication and provincial life. In the
townships outside of the old walled city are sugar shacks where, in the spring, maple sap is boiled down and long tables of hungry visitors delight in local specialties: tarte au sucre (sugar pie), tortiere (meat pie), and maple sugar-flavored baked beans.
Montmorency Falls is an easy day trip from Québec, and within the city itself, street corner musicians and performers playing jazz or offering pantomimes provide a sense of welcome to those who stroll by.
The historic Chateau Frontenac, built in 1899, is one of this year's GA hotels and graces the hill above a plaza where artists, souvenir sellers, street vendors, and fine restaurants merge to create a sense of energy and celebration bathed in sunlight. Below the Frontenac lies the funicular (a cable car riding a hillside rail which links two parts of the old city), taking tourists to shopping, dining, and sightseeing with the feel of the streets of Paris.
As GA gears up with registration of over 4,000 people, excitement about being in a city both beautiful and historic is in the air. Delegates are queued up for sightseeing tours around the city and to nearby attractions, others stroll the streets enjoying the inexpensive shopping and warm welcome provided by Québec. The Opening Celebration of GA will begin at 7:30 PM in the Centre des Congres, and will feature Québec musicians, the retelling of an Ojibwe legend, stories about transformation, and a greeting by the Mayor of Québec City - as well as the banner parade which is a highlight of every GA.
Bievenue a Québec! (Welcome to Québec!)
Reporter Deborah Weiner; Web Designer Julie Albanese
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