Montreal w/ Arnold and Ann Marie / June 30, 2009

Montreal is amazing!  Arnold, Ann Marie and myself spent the day exploring and enjoying the sights.  We started out at the harbor where the Cirque de Soleil shows regularly, had lunch in the Old City, and toured around various parts of the city by car.  Wherever we went we were greeted by beautiful buildings, busy crowds, quaint old homes, old churches, and smiles.  My favorites are the doors of the old buildings as they are so colorful and each has a uniqueness to it that makes them standout.

One of the nicest places was St. Joseph's Oratory. The three of us were wandering around and an elderly gentleman came up to speak with us as I had smiled and said hello.  Turns out he is an artist who recently painted some murals in the church and he kindly advised us where we could take some nice pictures and suggested we visit the small chapel down the hill from where we were standing.  He also said that his murals were in the main entrance to the museum and we could tell which were his by the 'wings of the angels as they were yellow'.  We ended up taking his advice and took some great photos.  

I ended up taking one photo of the artist in the chapel that I thought was particularly nice.  If I'm not mistaken his name is 'Bergeron' and our thanks to him for helping us out. 

We had a great day and returned back to Beaconsfield quite tired out.  The rest of the evening was spent watching tv and chatting.  Such a nice day!  Tomorrow I'm off again to Nova Scotia.  It will take about 14 hours to do the last leg but should work out fine.  Might have to do it in two days depending on how far I get the 1st day.  

Next Stop:  Edmonston, New Brunswick

Daily Distance:  Zero