Montreal

Sunday, 04 June 2017

We left Quebec City around 9am and we were in Montreal in about 3 1/2 hours. We ran into a traffic problem in Montreal due to a major city-wide bike ride involving thousands of people on bikes. We did finally manage to locate a spot very close to where our Airbnb is so in the end it worked out really well. We were too early to check in so we left our stuff and did our Old Montreal walk about.

Arriving into Montreal we get a glimpse of the Olympic Stadium. Good thing I took this picture because it's as close as we got.

Crossing into Montreal on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. Lucy was driving and I was giving directions.

It's difficult to navigate without proper street signs so we made a wrong turn and had to go around the block (twice). But it gave me an opportunity to get this picture of the Bridge from below.

This is the fountain in the Jean-Paul Riopelle plaza with our Airbnb building right behind it. 4th floor.

The Notre-Dame de Montreal Basilica and Place d'Armes.

The city courthouse.

The streets are also narrow here and very much in a European style.

Many of the buildings are also very, very old.

Nicely decorated too.

We stopped for lunch and ate on the patio of a local cafe.

Something new to see at every turn.

The Saint-Paul street had the most shops, cafes and people. Also, no car traffic.

The Jacques-Cartier Plaza was full of vendors, shoppers and buskers.




More interesting designs and decorations.

The city hall.

The Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson monument in the Jacques-Cartier Plaza.

The plaza as viewed from the monument.

View of the Montreal harbour and city from the end of the pier.

On the boardwalk headed to the Clock Tower.

The St. Lawrence River at Montreal.

The clock tower with its 200 steps to the lookout at the very top. We climbed up.

View of the Montreal Marina and the city from the top of the Clock Tower.

The view of the bridge from the top of the tower.

On the way down I took a picture through the grated glass wall. The glass was very dirty.

Another smaller church but I can't remember the name and when I try to find it on the tourist map I'm not able to identify it.

This is a massive kids play park. If you look closely you will see kids climbing all over the place.

Massive columns. So the question is, how did they place these without all the modern machinery.

Starting our walk back at the end of the day. Still a few more streets and a few more buildings to photograph.

In our dilemma to find parking, we left Marley in the car all day. He is now resting on the bed.  Good night.

Tomorrow it's a short drive to Ottawa.