3rd day in Quebec and trip to Montreal

I started my last day in Quebec with a typical Canadian breakfast at a café: eggs, bacon, toast, and hash browns. We also treated ourselves to a mimosa: champagne and orange juice.

The day started with rain and the forecast for the rest of the day was not looking any better. So the snow melted, but underneath there was an icy layer that became very slippery due to the rain but did not melt because it was too cold. Any longer walk was therefore quite dangerous, but at least I wasn't the only one slowly inching forward, looking at the ground and spreading my arms wide. It must have looked funny ;)

I had planned to visit the Montmorency Falls for the day. Since they are located outside the city, I took a bus to get there. By the time I arrived at the bus stop, I was already completely soaked. But I was still excited because the falls are 83 meters high, which is about 30 meters higher than the Niagara Falls in the province of Ontario, Canada.

After about an hour bus ride, I arrived and walked to the viewpoint. However, the path turned out to be quite a challenge. The huge parking lot (such an attraction also needs a large parking lot in summer) was a slippery muddy surface. I was accordingly relieved when I arrived at the nearest house, which turned out to be a café, and the actual falls were still further away.

Thankfully, I arrived there safely as well. The wind and rain were whipping in my face, and as a result, my phone screen got wet and became unresponsive. The falls are 'interrupted', so the water does not shoot down with full force. Accordingly, it was not as loud as I remembered from the Niagara Falls. There was a pedestrian bridge over the falls. However, I didn't walk all the way to the end because I couldn't overcome my fear of heights in this case, and the bridge was partially icy as well.

The next picture shows stairs going down with two platforms. As you can see, they are completely covered with snow and ice, so they are not accessible in winter. The lower part of the falls was also completely frozen and covered in snow, so there was hardly any movement of water at the bottom. Nature is a phenomenon, water flows 80 meters deep and hardly any movement can be seen at the bottom...

Even though it was still early in the day, I decided to go back to the hostel. The risk of getting sick was not worth it. In the evening, I had a few drinks at the Christmas market - after all, it was only a 5-minute walk from my hostel, so I had to take advantage of that ;)

The next day, my bus to Montreal left around noon. By the time I arrived in the city, it was almost dark, so I didn't do anything major.