2 Miles and 4 Feet from Home: Montreal!

We woke up around 6:30 and I took Jasper for a walk and fed him breakfast. It was nice and cool outside. My kind of weather. When we got back Lyn and I took showers and got ready for the day. This place has a shared bathroom and a shared kitchen. So far we have had them both to ourselves. We do have our own small Balcony that looks over Rue Bernard Quest. In the morning this allows us to see the neighborhood waking up. Lots of people use bicycles and it is common to see a Mom with one kid on their bike and one in a trailer. They also have bikes you can rent for only $5 for 24 hours. Wow what a deal! About 8 we went down to the coffee shop below and had breakfast. This was included in the Air Bnb pricing. The coffee shop hads a real funky vibe and we loved it. I ordered a Popeye omelet and Lyn had a banana and chocolate crepe. Lyn had a coffee and I had a cappuccino. It was delicious. What a great way to start the day.

After breakfast we grabbed Jasper ad headed to Montreal’s historic district. I have to admit I had done no research on this area so we were in for nothing but surprises. We found Parking and headed out. Wow what a treat. We loved the feel of it right away. The only problem was that we needed a map. Lyn noticed that free wifi was available and so I downloaded a map of the area. It lead us to the visitor center where we were able to get a map of all of the attractions. We visited Notre-Dame and many other historic sites and we also went in lots of shops. We would take turns staying with Jasper while the other one was in the attraction. Usually while we waited with Jasper people would come up and oo and ah over him. He loved it! After walking around for about three hours we headed to the park that backed up t the river. It was beautiful in just about every way. After about 5 hours just being out and about we decided to go get some gas and head home and relax a little. The day had gotten hot and we were all tired. Jasper was worn out and I think was happy to see his bed. Our room does not have air-conditioning (Most do not here.) so we decided to sit on the shared back deck and just enjoy the shade. Lyn fixed lunch from leftovers from our family reunion from the day before. It was great. Finally we took a short nap and then took Jasper for a walk around the neighborhood. By this time the sun was finally off of our balcony so we sat outside and just watched life go by. I think I could get use to that. Anyway we needed to finish up some food in our cooler so Lyn made a salad and we had dinner on the balcony. There are plenty of things we did not do in Montreal but we did enjoy every minute. So we will just have to come back in the future. Tomorrow we go to Quebec City and get back to doing what we love….Camping!!! We are meeting friends from my work there and looking forward to checking it out and seeing what it has to offer.