Bed & Breakfast du Village - BBV
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First Impressions
Couldn't sleep a bit the night before Montreal because I was way too excited, I ended up getting up every ten minutes, propping up my backpack at a different point against my bed, going to bed, and then waking up and peeking at it again.
I woke up at 6:20, noticing the roof of the barn looked particularly white again, I'd made this mistake before, but still jumped out of bed and noticed this time everywhere WAS actually covered in snow!!! It was ...
Poutine Central
... be fed.
Across the road was where the Olympic Park was situated. The giant UFO looking stadium was built for the 1976 Summer Olympics. The focal point of the stadium is the huge 45 degree inclined tower that hangs over the side and just doesn't look structually possible. Unfortunately the place looks like it hasn't had much maintenance in the last 36 years and is a shadow of its former glory.
After walking around in the sun all day, we were keen to just stay in ...
Getting There
... Well, I was reading a book at the same time and was dipping one of the cookies into the tea, when a big plot twist in the book cause me to freeze my tea-sogged cookie between my open mouth and the tea cup. It fell on my sweater in a cookie sized goopy plop and left a rather large embarrassing stain.
Again, I believe only Leanne finds this funny.
We arrive in montreal and are walking through ...
A Friendly Airport, Almost Like Old Times
... their security; except for taking off my coat, I did not have to undress, or take off my shoes, or remove any jewelry, or worry that someone would try to abuse me. Yes, I had to walk through a metal detector, but other than that, and having my suitcase and backpack screened, it was almost as easy as flying was before 2000.
I remember one of my first flights, in the late 1960s: ...
Final Thoughts
... There was actually a pride festival the last day we were there.
- Montreal is very lively. Seems like there's at least one festival going on every weekend. No wonder they're very cultured here.
- Rogers Cup. Overall I thought it was a world class event. Though I kind of felt that I could've seen Mardy Fish at the DC Legg Mason Classic, it just turn out that way. In hindsight, Mardy made it to the finals of ...
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