Just outside of the Québec city walls is the Parliament Building (Hôtel du Parlement), built in 1886. Tours are free, in either English or French, and take you into both chambers. They last a good 45 minutes.
The Citadelle of Québec (La Citadelle de Québec) is a working military base located just outside of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Québec. The Citadelle is accessible via a short tunnel that leads to its entrance.
Upper Town (Haute-Ville) of the UNESCO World Heritage city of Québec contains some of the city’s most impressive buildings, monuments, and churches.
After walking from the parking lot in front of the Museum of Civilization (Musée de la civilisation) (which I couldn’t visit due to time constraints) into Lower Town (Basse-Ville) of Québec City, I was immediately transported from North America to what felt like Europe.
While waiting for my tour of Parliament in Ottawa, I wandered down to the Rideau Canal to examine the locks. The canal connects Ottawa to Lake Ontario at Kingston using two rivers and several lakes.
If you take a vacation in Chicago, it’s worth spending a day in Oak Park. The small town was the home of two cultural heavyweights – writer Ernest Hemingway and architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The two main points of interest for me were the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum and the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio.
Saint Sophia Cathedral is one of the most important and well-known landmarks in Kyiv. The cathedral complex is inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage list along with Kyiv Pechersk Lavra.
After exploring the Near Caves in Lower Lavra at Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, I made my way to the walled part of the monastery at Upper Lavra.
My visit to Kyiv Pechersk Lavra started by jumping on the metro and riding it to the Dnipro stop on the Red Line. From there, it was a pleasant walk along the Dnieper River to my left. The forested Askold’s Grave Park and later Slavy Park were to my right.
After the drama with Ana’s passport at the Egyptian Museum, the tour group headed to the Coptic Quarter of Old Cairo, part of the UNESCO World Heritage listing for Historic Cairo.