Swimming with the Fishes

Yesterday we had a fabulous day out at the city aquarium here in Quebec City. The OH surprised me at breakfast saying they’d booked tickets online for us, and had ordered a taxi for 9:30 am to get there — this mostly because the city, after 50 years of deliberations finally gave the go-ahead for construction to begin across the city for the new tramway. lots of walking paths bridge & waterway waterfall & pond frog pond So we’re now in the start-phase of digging up half of Quebec in order to put in the lines and accompanying tap that goes with it. The consequence of which means all the bus routes are either changed or, in some cases, completely suspended till further notice. Hence the taxi. All that to say we had a quick ride to the venue thinking getting there early would mean no crowds. Ha! views of the river and railway bridge Let’s just say Saturday was not a great day in the middle of July to choose to go to the aquarium. That said, despite the hordes of kids swarming all over the…