A stone castle on a hill overlooking the St. Lawrence River. The most photographed hotel in the world. As promised, here is the part two of my Quebec City post! Click here to read the first part.

We had our breakfast at The Dufferin. It was soooo good, I had maple syrup crepes for every. Single. Day. Even though we were staying in the hotel; we took a hotel tour. Our tour guide was dressed up as the mayor of Quebec City in 1800s. The hotel opened on the 12th of December 1893, and the Fairmont Chateau Frontenac Hotel was named after Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac. He was the governor of the colony of New France from 1672 to 1698. The hotel was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway to encourage tourists to visit the province. And I mean, who wouldn’t wanna stay at the beautiful Chateau Frontenac?

The Lobby:

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Our Room on the the 9th floor:

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The hotel had an important role during World War II. In August 1943, none of the 611 rooms were avaliable for guests to stay in because the Allied Forces consisted of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King with their generals and admirals stayed in the hotel to planned the invasion of Normandy, D-Day in June 6, 1944. They wanted to make sure that there were no guests in the hotel because they might’ve been spies sent by the Axis Powers. The pictures below are where the leaders had their meetings. The hotel kept the room in its original color. They must’ve be so inspired planning D-Day.

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Are you a fan of James Bond? Y’know, agent 007? Well, the creator of James Bond, Ian Fleming was the personal assistant of Rear-Admiral John Godfrey, the Director of British Naval Intelligence. He was also in Quebec City during the conference. In his book, The Spy Who Loved Me, he mentioned Quebec City in his book. Obviously it was inspired by his trip in the beautiful Quebec City.

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The hotel also has a brass mail chute, and Canada Post still picks up the mail regularly. Just… don’t send anything important down the chute. The hotel found one letter from 1940s that got stuck in the chute. usually you can see if a letter gets stuck in the chute because the chute is translucent. However, this letter was stuck between floors where no one could see it. And since the chutes aren’t frequently cleaned, the letter was found much MUCH later. They tried to locate the receiver, but they didn’t find him. A lot has changed since the 1940s! The letter was from a soldier writing to his girlfriend back home. He was telling her that he wanted to marry her once he got home from the war. I kinda hope they got married 😅 Can someone PLEASE turn that into a movie? Ooooh! Maybe it’s already a movie! *goes online and searches*

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The Ballroom:

Used for large conferences and sometimes even school proms!

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There’s also a spa and swimming pool with hot tub in the hotel that we spent a lot of time during our stay. Restaurants such as The Dufferin for breakfast and lunch, and The Champlain for dinner. It was named after Samuel de Champlain, a French colonist who founded Quebec and New France in 1608.
We went for a swim after the hotel tour and later that evening, my parents booked us to have dinner at The Champlain. The Dufferin Terrace overlooks the St. Lawrence River, and located below the terrace is the Châteaux Saint-Louis. It was the official residence of the governors from between 1620 and 1834. The St. Louis was destroyed by a fire in January 1834. Afterward, it was replaced by a series of terraces. There were ruins dug out in 2002 so now you can go down the stair to explore the ruins.

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To start, they gave us a pulled pork croquet with chipotle mayo. It was delicious! The menu was a bit limited, and I did NOT want to find out what duck liver tasted like! So all of us ordered steak except for my mom who had scallops! Then I had creme brûlée for dessert. My mom’s dessert looked liked a breakfast bowl, but it was actually toasted oats with vanilla ice cream and caramel.

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That concludes my trip to Quebec City to celebrate my mom’s 40th birthday! There’s so much more to do in Quebec City like visiting museums or visiting the Citadel. I hope you enjoyed this post, and you will consider visiting Quebec City for yourself! Bye everyone! 👋🏽

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