I always try to think of a creative way to start off each blog… but that is harder to do than one might think. So, I’ll just dive right in.
Saturday night we went to the Festival d’Ete again. The act? Metallica. Y’all. I just thought I had seen a ton of people when we went to Elton John. But I promise you there were more people there last night. And most of them looked like they had teleported to the concert straight from 1980. Apparently things got a little messy this week…
Yuck.
That was on our way to eat. We figured we wouldn’t be able to get in because there were already massive amounts of people inside the gates, and we were right. So, after dinner (yummy chicken Caesar salad!) we sat on the wall behind the concert with the rest of our group. I didn’t take any pictures worth posting because we were so far away.
So, that’s the end of the festival for us! The last night was tonight, but seeing as we were in Montreal all day…
Oh, Montreal! I guess I’ll tell you about that, too.
Anna and I woke up at the crack of dawn (no one else wanted to go with us!) and walked to the bus station. Our bus left right on time and it had wi-fi and outlets. For a three-hour bus ride I was pretty appreciative! Of course I slept most of the way, because something about a charter bus just makes me sleepy.
We arrived at the Montreal bus station and walked outside… to the Latin Quarter. Probably not the best place for two lonely little girls to be walking, but I suppose we had no choice. We did a pretty good job of orienting ourselves with everything and were soon in the shopping district on Rue St. Catherine.
To make a long story short, we shopped for several hours! Above ground, below ground, you name it, we did it. Montreal is known for its “underground city” of sorts, and although we discovered a bit of it, we know we did not see nearly all of it! Also, we have been waiting to shop this entire time, and today was the day we finally gave in! Look forward to shopping adventures this week, haha!
We walked up town (or down town, I have no idea which direction) to “La Musee des Beaux-Arts,” or The Museum of Fine Art. We saw Monet and Picasso, and they had a very neat exhibit about Napoleon. I really enjoyed it! We made a slight detour on the way there and dropped some serious cash at this place…
Just kidding. I doubt I could even afford a floor tile in that store. Maybe one day!
Anyway, here are pictures of the art museum.
Monet
Renoir
Matisse
Picasso
Picasso
The Napoleon Exhibit
By that point we were hungry. So we took a taxi to “La Vieux-Porte,” very similar to the port in Quebec City, near where we are staying. It has the same old river city type feel. First we went inside a cathedral modeled after Notre Dame. It was so beautiful! Pictures don't do it justice. Then we ate at a great little restaurant (what else is new?) and enjoyed time off of our feet.
Inside the cathedral
The chapel in the back of the cathedral. Supposedly it is booked two years in advance for weddings!
We planned on taking the 8:00 train, but just so happened to make it in time for the 6:00 train, so we were back in time for me to blog! We enjoyed Montreal but it does feel really nice to be back in familiar territory. There is just nothing like Quebec City!
A plus tard,
HRC
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