Montreal

We are just back from Montreal. Marian was suprised how French it was. Also how bilingual EVERYONE is.

We got in Friday night after getting lost in Montreal traffic. The hotel was awesome, we were up on the 29th floor across from the Bell Center. Later, we found out no building is permitted greater than 53 floors so that nothing is taller than Mont Royal. We had a drink at a local pub and the Canadian delicacy poudin. Fries, with gravy and cheese curds. Marian thinks all Quebeckers are reincarnated frat boys. After a snack, we walked around for a while and discovered why everyone in Montreal is so skinny, they walk everywhere and shiver a lot due to the cold. We ate dinner at a Korean BBQ and turned in for the night.

The next morning we got up to rain. We took a bus tour of the city and saw Notre Dame, St Joseph's basillica, Olympic Stadium, Old City, Mcgill University. The afternoon was spent shopping, Marian bought some clothes at her new favorite store, Pre-loved, which recycles clothes and makes new ones. Wayne bought a leather blazer. We navigated using the underground city and Metro. For dinner, we had the smoked meat sandwich. For dessert, we had incredible tiramisu and then went to the hotel bar for some cocktails while Marian played corner the canadian. Did I mention she is facinated by Quebecois culture and spent serious amounts of time trying to corner candians to talk to her.

This morning we had breakfast and went to the Biodome. It recreates 4 habitats, with animals. We then made our way back to the US, stopping for some duty free ice cider to use our canadian money.

All in all a great weekend.