Quebec City, Part 2

Hello Ladies!
Hope that you have had a wonderful weekend.  Hard to believe that in just 6 short days Christmas will be here!  I still haven't wrapped any gifts yet!  How about you, how are your plans coming along?

Today I wanted to share with you a few more pictures of our trip to Quebec City.  If you have never visited before, I would highly recommend taking a trip to see this beautiful city!  Just a short plane ride, with no jet lag, and no crappy exchange rate, and you are suddenly transported to the most charming French city that has a quaint European feel that I so love!!  What's not to love about that?!

Chateau de Frontenac by night.  I took the first photo minus the flash, and used it in the second shot.  I really love how the flash illuminated the snowflakes!  (that's what all of those white polka dots are!!).

I love the beautiful architecture!  Many of the building are several hundred (or more!) years old.
As you can see, there was quite a bit of snow.

Isn't this pinecone wreath gorgeous!  I spotted it outside of a restaurant, so I just had to snap some photos!  I really love the tiny clay pots.  I've got a bunch that I bought at a garage sale and never knew what to do with them.  Now I've got some inspiration for a new project!

The restaurant also had a swag of twigs above the door and more clay pots, as well as a bunch in their window boxes.  (you can click on any photo to enlarge)  They took red and green ribbon and wrapped around the pots, and hung them so they would resemble bells.  So pretty!

And right next door they had the neatest vine trellis with more of those adorable tiny pots!

 More great exterior decor.  Check out those awesome sap buckets!

Lots of charming window displays!

 Sorry about all of the window glare on the photo below.  I just had to snap a picture of this oh so chic French Canadian mannequin!

A wonderful smelling soap shop.  Oooh, la, la!!

And last of all, I just couldn't resist showing you Santol, the official mascot of our hotel.  Isn't he pretty?  He is a retired seeing eye dog, and is a spokes-dog for the Canadian seeing eye dog association.  Part Bernese Mountain Dog, he is like a giant teddy bear (he's much bigger in real life than in these photos!).  He is very friendly, and loves to greet guests and shake hands paws.

 Dog lover that I am, I have been know to have my picture taken with any dog that I can find while on vacation!

That's it for today, I'll share more photos thru out the week of our trip, and I still want to show you ladies more of the Christmas decor in our house.  Hope you have a terrific night, keep warm and cozy!!