Bon Jour from Montreal !

And we are off again… this time to Montreal to catch a boat, the “Maasdam”, for a nice cruise down to Boston.  Lots of excitement has been building, and by the time we sat on the plane, we counted the things we forgot and felt, all in all, we were in pretty good shape!  Thanks heavens for BankCards!

Met Halley and Dan in Detroit… all seemed good till we got on the plane… Halley had a meltdown…I am learning, but not too well yet, to keep my mouth shut and just let it take it’s course with her… and to throw logic out the window!   I say that with love. 

Made it through customs without any problems and a driver took us to our hotel.  By now it’s 8:45 pm, so we were ready for dinner.  They have a great little place here in the hotel and dinner was superb!  (My Diva’s… they had really good Pinot Noir, so I was happy!)

After a good night’s rest, Thursday found us being tourists!  Took a journey all over Montreal (did you know it’s an island, about 30 sq miles?) for about 3 hours:  Old Montreal, the Olympic Stadiums, Mont Royal (Montreal’s name is derived from that ‘hill’), Notre Dame Basilica (found out that’s where Celine Dion got married… woohoo!)… just to drop a couple names!  When we were done, dropped H and D off at the hotel so they could ‘rest’ and Jerry and I took off on foot and explored the area they call Old Montreal.  It is quite quaint and very reminiscent of the Europe… it truly caters to the tourists that is for sure…We also, right in our hotel area, got to see a piece of the Berlin Wall that is set up as a memorial… pretty cool.   Not sure what is in store for tomorrow, but will certainly keep you informed… Oh.. and you will never guess what is coming back in style… I remember these horizontal strip dresses from the 70’s… Yup… saw a couple of them at different times here… I snapped a pic of one… Think I’ll skip that style!

       

 

 

This stadium with his weird appendage... I don't remember it all from the '76 Olympics;  found out most of  it was added after the Olympics: cost over-runs prevented it from being completed as planned before the Olympics.... So, even in Canada....
 

 

This is one ugly pic... but we're posting it anyway...

 

Pretty cool bike rentals throughout the city...
 

Reminds me of Europe
 

Those ugly stripe dresses....
 

The piece of the Berlin Wall... pretty cool!