HALS of an outdoor skating rink in Quebec City, many people on it. TILT UP from MCU of a sign in French and English re rooms for rent. Similar shot of other signs re rooms for rent. PANs back and forth of balconies on successive stories of a multi-storey tenement. Hazy, indistinct shot of the Chateau Frontenac from lower town. TILT DOWN to lower town buildings, little traffic. PAN from a narrow Quebec City street during winter, up facades of old buildings and down again to a deserted street in the other direction.