We spent the day on L’Ile-d’Orleans, a fascinating island in the St Lawrence River, just outside Quebec City. The island is known as the garden of Quebec City and it features a number of local producers.

On the island we found well-preserved 17th and 18th century French/American Architecture.

We stopped for tea and a strawberry treat with a view of the St Lawrence when a barge went by. It looked like a floating city in the pic.

Traveling on, we came upon a fromagerie where we stopped to buy some fixings for our own cheese fondue (not like you might be thinking). The handmade cheese is only produced on the island and is the first cheese ever made in the Americas. That means it has been enjoyed for centuries! We bought enough to take to a recent dinner party and to be given as gifts back home.

In the evening we found an Afghanis restaurant just around the corner from home. What an amazing day of various cultures and food!

Kath’s quote: “Food is central to travelling and is a vivid entryway into another culture…”- Lucy M. Long

Love never fails.

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