Articulation Textile Group

Of all the churches we visited this was my favourite. The ceilings are covered in mosaics with lots of shiny gold tiles. The floor mosaics are in cooler colours. A woman doing science experiments. There are lots of geometric mosaic patterns on the floors... ...and on the walls. All most inspiring. In one of the chapels there is a coarser mosaic on each roof arch. Not fine work but somehow very appealing by providing a human scale in this massive building.

What's more cultural than taking an English High Tea in a French Chateau? Leann walking on the Dufferin Terrace towards Chateau Frontenac... The High Tea menu... Tea selection... and lunch... l to r: Lesley, Wendy, Ingrid, Donna, Leann... top layer of sweets... middle layer of baking... bottom layer of sandwiches (shrimp mousse, duck pate, smoked salmon, asparagus, cucumber)... Delicious day!

The week we were together flew by, mainly because we were taking so much in! There are 29 churches in the old town, so they were an important part of our trip exploring history. Especially the stitching that the Ursuline Nuns were famous for. The Holy Trinity church, one of the few Anglican... The Ursuline Chapel... The altar inside the Ursuline Chapel, the nuns are famous for their gilding of gold over wooden sculptures... Marie de l'Incarnation - moved to Canada from France in 1639 to set up a girl's school - the first in North America... A typical street in the lower Old Town... The lovely roof lines of the Chateau Frontenac, a Canadian Pacific Railway hotel built around the turn of the century. (Open the link to read about the many across Canada.) Articulation on the steps of the Frontenac(l to r: Leann, Lesley, Ingrid, Wendy).