This post begins where the last dropped off - right before we left the country. This is mostly pictures, with just a few spurts of exposition here and there...
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| Getting ready to leave the country |
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| Everyone else wants to leave America too! |
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| aaaaaand here we go into non-English land |
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| lots of corn grown right across the border |
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The wonders of technology... I was charging my
additional camera battery while James was driving |
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| The scenes were extremely pastoral |
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The road signs were all in French, but understandable
enough to my 10th grade French skills...mostly |
The weather was overcast, actually not too bad for driving. We ended up having great weather for most of the trip, and it was nice to have a day without sun beating down on us. The first glimpse of Montreal was drizzly and foggy...and completely gorgeous.
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| More French |
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| Chinatown gate |
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| From the top of Mont Royal, a huge hill overlooking the city that is a massive park |
From Mont Royal, we saw the 1976 Olympic Stadium - for the first time. I'll post more details about it later with the close-up pics. Pretty sweet architecture though.
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| The 1976 Summer Olympic Stadium from the top of Mont Royal |
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| J and the raccoon sign...hilarious |
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We stopped so I could go to the bathroom.
I took about 2 steps out of the car, slipped, and bit it in the mud. Excellent. |
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| Cooler sammie. Delish. |
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| ...and chips. Because road trip. America. |
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| J and the city in black and white |
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| They had a piano out on the plaza for anyone to play |
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| The cross on top of Mont Royal |
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| City under construction |
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| This is a wonderful picture of Canada vs America right here |
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| Across the street from our hotel |
James and I stayed in the Holiday Inn Select Centre Ville (which is a fancy (i.e. French) way of saying Center City). It was located at the edge of Chinatown, right across the street from the convention center, and just a block or two from the basilica. James got an upgraded room that had not one, but TWO bathrooms in it. (TWO?!?! Say WHAT?!?! What does anyone staying in one bedroom with one bed need two bathrooms for? Anyway...I didn't hate it.) So there's a massive bathroom, a living room area, and two bathrooms. Baller.
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| Bathroom number 1 - normal for a hotel |
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| Bathroom number 2 - possibly larger than my entire Boston apartment |
Then we headed out to visit the basilica - it was just a few blocks from the hotel. Incredible.
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| Notre-Dame Basilica |
I know it's been a long time, but I'll try to keep getting these posts up soon...
The night out in Montreal and our delicious Polish dinner next!!
-Bethy
