there may no longer be a smoking lounge with brass spitoons, but that doesn't mean a traveler has to suffer. >> do you always travel with a truffle shaffer? >> only during truffle season. >> as a gentleman must. you have to get an in-action photograph. hold on. canadian rail. all these people are going to be expecting -- wait a minute, where's my fist-size truffle? can i get the truffle option, please? oh, of course. don't forget the foie. >> quebec city, one of the oldest european settlements in north america. samuel des champlain, known as the father of new france, sailed up the st. lawrence and founded the site in 1608. when the fighting started with you know who, quebec city was the french stronghold until the bitter end, when the french fell at the plains of abraham.