Telle est la vie à Montréal!
Well, the following was OUR life in Montreal for 3 full days!
There are some places we definitely want to visit while living in New England and since Montreal is only 4.5 hours away by car…it was on our list. We can now check it off our list…as well as all the below items!
Remember to click on the photos for the complete photos albums in Picasa!
1. Stop by Burlington, Vermont’s biggest city (uh a whopping 39K). = Check!
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| From Burlington, VT |
2. Walk around Old Montreal. = Check!
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| From Day 1 – Montreal |
3. See the Notre Dame Basilica. = Check!
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| From Day 1 – Montreal |
4. Try Quebec Beer! = Check!
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| From Day 1 – Montreal |
5. See an odd light / historical show at Notre Dame? = Check!
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| From Day 1 – Montreal |
6. Be part of a street artist’s comedy act? = Check!
7. Find and eat really fresh and good French Pastries! = Check!
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| From Day 2 – Montreal |
8. Hang out in a REAL hood and luckily run into a street fair! = Check!
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| From Day 2 – Montreal |
9. Go to the highest point of Montreal! = Check!
St. Joseph’s Oratory (Catholic Basilica) is home to an upcoming saint.
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| From Day 2 – Montreal |
10. Ride the Montreal Subway. = Check!
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| From Day 2 – Montreal |
11. See the front runners of the Montreal Marathon? = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
12. Ride Bixi Bikes around Montreal. = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
13. Get yelled at by the Patati Patata Petite Burger Guy? = Check!
14. And making said Burger Guy laugh? = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
15. Try Poutine (French Fries with gravy and chunks of cheese) for the first time = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
16. Walk / Ride around for hours on end with funky hair? = Uh, Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
17. Run into a drum Circle in the large Mont Royal Park. = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
18. Run into a medieval fighters? = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
19. See a double rainbow? = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
20. Run into Free Concert? = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
21. Dine at the cool Jazz Garden Place? = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
22. Take lots of favorite photos of Montreal! = Check!
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
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| From Day 3 – Montreal |
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| From Day 2 – Montreal |
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| From Day 1 – Montreal |
23. Stop by Trapp Family (of Sound of Music Fame) Lodge? = Check!
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| From Trip Home from Montreal |
24. Go to the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory! = Check!
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| From Trip Home from Montreal |
25. Start preparing to go to the Quebec City Winter Carnival in February 2011 = Check
WHO’S MEETING US THERE?
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.WE.ARE.GNOMADS. 