Monday, July 29, 2024

Montreal, QC

7/27
Larry's
Contemporary Art Museum
Ave Mont Royal - Aux 33 tours, Bixi home
Les Enfants Terribles

7/28
Patisserie Guillaume, Fairmont Bagels
Bixi to Parc la Fontaine
La CAtrina
Last Kem Coba

7/29

Friday, July 26, 2024

Montreal, QC

7/22
Walk down St Denis to St Catherine
Lunch at Cage Sports Bar
Chinatown

7/23
Putting Edge Laval
Les 3 Brasseurs
Despicable Me 4 at Cineplex Laval
Niata to Go
Neighborhood walk

7/24
Sir Wilfred Laurier Park
Ta Pies
Rain

7/25
Botanique Gardens
Villa Tandoori

7/26
Zoo Ecomuseum
Cage lunch
Mandys Dinner

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Kurios - Cabinet of Curiosities Under The Big Top


Little Italy
Jean Talon Marche
Bus to Old port
Cirque
Dinner at Vieux Port Steakhouse

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Abaye de St Benoit du Lac & Yamaska National Park

7/18
Biosphere
Ferry to Old Port
Smokies Food Truck
Archeology Museum

7/19
Ta Pies
St Josephs
walked to to Snowdon Metro
Train to Bonaventure
Walk St Catherines

7/20
Drive to 
Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-du-Lac
Lunch in Picnic Grounds
Yamaska National Park

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Montreal, QC

7/14
Mont Royal

7/15
Toi, Moi et Cafe
Biodome
Planetarium
Siboire St Laurent

7/16
Chill
Ta Pies

7/17
Underground City
McCord Museum

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Friday, July 12, 2024

Montreal, QC

7/10
Rain all day
Rumicube
Bishop & Bagg for England v Netherlands

7/11
Rain
Bernie Beignet

7/12
Bus to downton
Notre Dame
Walked St Catherine St
Lunch at Time Out Market
Marie-Reine Cathedral

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Montreal, QC

Montmorency Falls
Parc River St Charles
Drive Thru Trois Riviers
Montreal

Monday, July 8, 2024

Quebec City, QC

Dizzy spells
Citadel
Lunch at Ficelle Sandwiches
Hotel
Evening Walk
Fairmount
Sapristi for dinner
Funicular

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Vieux Fakar Toure @ Festival d'ete de Quebec

7/6 - Rain
Bishop & Bagg to watch England v Switzerland
DInner at Home
Kem Coba

7/7
Drive to Quebec
Lunch at l'Omelette
Wander old town and lower town
Hilton Quebec
Dinner at Les Freres de la Cote
More wandering
Vieux Fakar Toure

The Crap Facts
This is my 508th concert.
Place de Assemblee is the 138th venue I've seen a concert at.
Quebec City is the 57th city I've seen a concert at.
Quebec is the 17th state I've seen a concert at.
This is my 4th concert in Canada.
Vieux Fakar Toure are the 594th band I’ve seen.

Friday, July 5, 2024

Sherbrooke, QC

Fairmount Bagels
Drive to Sherbrooke
Lunch at Siboire Depot
Atmosphere, bike ride
Murals

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Montreal, QC

7/3 Easy day, Ta Pies, Soccer fields, Kem CoBa

Bus into town
Wander Old Port
Chez Suzette Lunch
Petit Navaire tour
Dinner at La Catrina

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Montreal, QC

Parking Permit
Train to Lucien L'allier
Lunch @3 Brasseurs
Museum of Fine Arts
Kem CoBa before dinner

Monday, July 1, 2024

Montreal, QC

Monday morning and a public holiday in Canada. The boys and I start our trip off by heading to Parc Mont Royal to have a look around. On the mile walk to the park, we pass Ta Pies, a local pie shop that you know we'll be at many times soon. But it's closed Monday & Tuesday. We enter the park and climb the hill trying to get to the lookout. It's a long slow burn uphill until finally we reach the Grand Staircase. It's either another mile and a half to the lookout, or 537 stairs. We, regrettably, take the stairs and by the time we reach the top - I've had it. The boys, however, were in fine form. The view definitely is worth it. You look out to the downtown area and the Lawrence River behind. In this perfect weather the view is unobstructed and a great city sits below us. The walk back down is much easier as we take a different route back down. On the way we pass the Monument to Sir George- Etienne Cartier By late afternoon we are back at the condo.
 
DL&B, Parc Mont Royal Lookout, Montreal, QC

Monument to Sir George- Etienne Cartier, Parc Mont Royal, Montreal, QC

When A finishes work, we walk down to Omnivore, a mile down St Laurent Boulevard, for dinner.  It has a good menu for all of us (even the vego) and the opportunity to sit outside and enjoy the non-Charlotte weather.  We are down near Little Portugal, and after Portugal beat Slovenia in the Round of 16 in Euro 2024, we are "serenaded", for a good hour, by the horns of all the cars flying their Portuguese flags proudly.  The food is terrific, and my heart is full for our first full day in Montreal.