Well I just arrived home from Montreal and wanted to stop in and thank the board for helping me organize a very pleasant trip to your city.
Highlights included:
-- A walking tour through Vieux Montreal and Vieux Port. Noteworthy here was the Pointe-a-Calliere, a musuem which takes you underground through actual ruins of 300 year-old buildings. I was also quite taken by some of the shops along the sidestreets from which I managed to bring home some wonderful gifts.
-- 4 nights of people watching at the Hotel de la Montagne.
-- Dancing at Le Boome (and some other club I can't remember) until 3am on Thursday night (thanks for recommending it Eva!) .
-- Renting a bike and riding all around town, all through Parc du Mont-Royal and up to the Oratoire St-Joseph, where I smiled at the stacks of crutches that people had left behind.
-- Strolling down St. Catherines on a busy sunny afternoon, enjoying the colorful vibrance of the city and its people.
-- Rendezvous' avec Paige of Celine's, Eva and Michelle of Eleganza, Kiki from Devilish and the lovely independent Helene de Lasalle (one review down, the rest forthcoming).
-- A walk up St. Laurent street in the afternoon and then along St. Catherines. Being a vegetarian I was unfortunately unable to try the duck, however I do remember stopping for some unknown reason, looking up, and finding that I was right outside Cafe Cleos (this was Friday afternoon). The bouncer told me the cover was whatever I felt like tipping him so, given how legendary the place is around here, I couldn't resist at least popping my head inside. To make a long story short I "had a few songs" over a bottle of water with a sweetheart named Veronique.
Highlights included:
-- A walking tour through Vieux Montreal and Vieux Port. Noteworthy here was the Pointe-a-Calliere, a musuem which takes you underground through actual ruins of 300 year-old buildings. I was also quite taken by some of the shops along the sidestreets from which I managed to bring home some wonderful gifts.
-- 4 nights of people watching at the Hotel de la Montagne.
-- Dancing at Le Boome (and some other club I can't remember) until 3am on Thursday night (thanks for recommending it Eva!) .
-- Renting a bike and riding all around town, all through Parc du Mont-Royal and up to the Oratoire St-Joseph, where I smiled at the stacks of crutches that people had left behind.
-- Strolling down St. Catherines on a busy sunny afternoon, enjoying the colorful vibrance of the city and its people.
-- Rendezvous' avec Paige of Celine's, Eva and Michelle of Eleganza, Kiki from Devilish and the lovely independent Helene de Lasalle (one review down, the rest forthcoming).
-- A walk up St. Laurent street in the afternoon and then along St. Catherines. Being a vegetarian I was unfortunately unable to try the duck, however I do remember stopping for some unknown reason, looking up, and finding that I was right outside Cafe Cleos (this was Friday afternoon). The bouncer told me the cover was whatever I felt like tipping him so, given how legendary the place is around here, I couldn't resist at least popping my head inside. To make a long story short I "had a few songs" over a bottle of water with a sweetheart named Veronique.
