The below is the view of the Olympic stadium from the 1976 Olympics
Jinny, Joon, and I overlooking Montreal
Overlooking Montreal
We then headed to St. Joseph's Basilica of Mount Royal to take a look at the church.
Side view of the church, us getting ready to hike to the top.
The hundreds of tealight candles that you could light in memory
The flowers on the grounds...
We also went to the Jean Talon Market, which was an indoor/outdoor farmers market that had the most amazing fruits and vegetables there... I bought some fresh bananas, apples, grapes, and figs - both green and purple. I love figs, and have never had green figs before... they were delicious! We also had a sugar pie, which is a maple syrup and sugar pie. Kind of like a butter tart but without the raisins...
Because of our late night, we went back to the hotel and napped for a few hours before dinner, and went to a restaurant called La Reclette - baked cheese.
My pepper flavoured reclette - baked cheese with a potato...
The group from the bottom left - Tony (Johnny's dad), Amy (J's mom), Norma (J's brother's wife), Mike (J's brother), Joon, Me, Jinny, and Johnny is taking the photo.
Joon and I showing off our cheese fondu. For someone who really isn't a cheese fan, I really had waaaay to much at supper, but I wanted to try things that were authentic to being in Montreal. Despite my dislike of cheese, these dishes were actually really good.
We also polished off a few bottles of wine - rather than supply alcohol in Montreal and pay for liquor licences, people bring their own but don't have to pay a corkage fee, unlike in Alberta!
A great first day in Montreal... I love it here and would seriously consider moving here, even though I speak no more french than "J'mapelle Claude". My name is Claude! Lol.
Hope everyone is great...
xoxo
L&J
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