Todd and Chuck blog about their trips to Montréal
Posted in 2006 trip, 2007 plans on Dec 27th, 2006
I’m writing this on the way back from Montreal. We’re one short flight from home, and the end of another holiday. Despite Chuck having a cold that wouldn’t give up, we both had a great trip and we’re very much looking forward to returning next year. Today, we made one last walk down Rue St. [...]
Posted in 2006 trip on Dec 26th, 2006
Snow today! Not unexpected, but still a wonderful surprise, since we knew there was a distinct possibility there wouldn’t be any at all on our trip. About an inch fell, and in the city, most of it melted. But it was still welcomed by most we talked to. Boxing Day is generally full of promise, [...]
I shot this picture just before Christmas, but it serves as a good photograph since there is no snow today in Montreal. The weather forecast includes the possibility for snow on Christmas night and Boxing Day, and so we can hope. We had planned to take our annual walk up Mont Royal today – it’s [...]
Posted in 2006 trip on Dec 24th, 2006
Most of our trip is constructed on the premise that there’s very little that actually must be accomplished on any given day. This is, after all, vacation. And while some people do quite well with the concept of a highly-planned day, we seem to do much better with dinner reserved ahead, and one principle activity [...]
A few highlights from today’s adventures: We set aside about 90 minutes and walked through The Museum of Contemporary Art. The space isn’t very large, and there were two special exhibitions, so we didn’t see much of the permanent collection, but we enjoyed the experience, nonetheless. Admission is C$8 for adults and C$4 for students. [...]
Posted in 2006 trip on Dec 22nd, 2006
We’re getting freezing rain as I write this. It was a beautiful day, for the most part, with sun this morning and overcast in the afternoon. The rain didn’t start until early evening. We spent most of the day out and about, walking and doing some shopping on St. Catherine. We had lunch at Olive [...]
Posted in 2006 trip on Dec 21st, 2006
Our trip to Montreal today was uneventful – at least in terms of delays or other travel mishaps. For the first leg of our journey, we flew to Toronto through Detroit. We had 3 free hours in Toronto before boarding the train for Montreal, which gave us just enough time to take the subway up [...]