Here is a sampling of the photos I took while in Québec. Many of the first pictures are from the Chants de Vielles festival, a three-day gathering that celebrated old-time music and storytelling. It then segues into Québec City images. On the bottom, there is a mix of extra thumbnail pictures. All of these photos you can enlarge with a click.
In Québec, my only regret photographically is that I never got a picture of those huge, plastic animals that sat on top of various businesses in the countryside. Seriously, I saw a giant horse atop a stable and a dog perched above a kennel. Inexplicably, a restaurant boasted a dinosaur. Oh well.
Diane Marie and Françoise, two Québec woman who made my stay in the province amazing. Along with a third friend, they do storytelling performances together and have even put out a book of one of their stories. Thank you, Françoise, for letting me park at your home.
What soy beans look like up close, Québec.
Dad teaching daughter how to play the saw, Chants de Vielles festival.
It occurred to me, while watching this woman play the saw for the first time, that learning something is a very solitary and personal thing. (Chants de Vielles festival)
Parading through the streets of tiny Calixa-Lavallée at the close of the Chants de Vielles festival.
Jamming at the Chants de Vielles festival.
One of the most famous vielle players in the world, Gilles Chabenat. What is a vielle, you ask? Well, it's hard to say exactly, but it sounds like a mixture of an organ, violin, accordion and kazoo, if that makes any sense at all. Chants de Vielles festival.
The organizer of the Chants de Vielles festival and his son, greeting people as they arrived for the last concert.
A look-see, Québec City.
Busking in Québec City.
A visiting Dutch couple's pup, Québec City.
Spider building a web, Québec City.
