Hotel Le Breton Montreal

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São 5 horas da manhã em Montreal. Ontem eu comprei um rádio-relógio pra ver se, junto com o alarme do meu celular, eu consigo me acordar e ir à aula, que começa às 8:30. O pior de ter insônia é tentar dormir. Acho que o insone profissional não fica tentando dormir, como eu fiquei até às 3 da manhã. Ele deve arrumar um monte de coisa pra fazer. Coisas produtivas. Eu escolhi assistir a um filme. My Life In Ruins, com Nia Vardalos ...

... fascinating. We saw so much and learned a lot, met some awfully nice people and tasted some toe-curling good food. We are so glad to have had the chance for such an adventure, one which will be engraved in our fond memories for many many years, at least until senility sets in.

Many thanks to those who read our blog and sent in their kind comments ...

... people going elsewhere. Street artists were showing seasonal paintings - snow covered spiral staircases, snow on the streets, snow on the roofs. We truly felt a snow anticipation in the air

Uphill from a plaza was Quartier Latin where we had an evening coffee. Waiters kept asking us in French and we could not shake off a feeling of being in a magnificently unreal place

Several times we saw signs "Come back in May". I wonder...

... time together with a walk along the St Lawrence to a bird sanctuary - it was very beautiful despite the cloudy, drizzly day.
Upon return, we gathered around the table for supper with Betty, Betty, Jeremy, Karen, Maya and new baby Jonas (7 weeks old). Our tummies were warmed with the delicious supper- shepherd’s pie cooked in a pumpkin - how creative. Betty told us that she learned how to do it from Bert’s ...

Certaines videos sont des videos des 4 autres dates qu'il a fait la meme semaine a montreal...
Un pur concert, un grand moment, dans le top 4 de mes meilleurs concerts (sachant que les numeros 1, 2 et 3 sont aussi des concerts de M!)
On est arrivés au concert, on a rejoint Julie, une fan de M rencontrée sur Facebook, et son copain qui ...

... una idea de la ciudad. Tiene mucha influencia europea: edificios victorianos, una réplica de Notre Dame, otra del panteón romano, incluso en los museos observamos que predominan las obras del viejo continente. Después de 10 horas caminando agradezco volver a casa y cenar tranquilamente. Mismo efecto: a las 9 de la noche caigo reventada en la cama. Mañana nos encontramos con los bostonianos. Más vale recargar energías.

... chaps just leaving a building so I quickly dashed over. I questioned about the local bus system and a way into downtown. One of the guys was just on his way to the peelers and offered me a ride, I happily accepted. He dropped me off at bus shelter a good 15 minutes down the road and even helped me discover a way into town. Without his help I'd probably still be wandering around Montreal to this day. I approached a pay phone a bit ...

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... it a a Monster truck derby while we were there. I spent the afternoon getting to and in the Casino. I lost $30 on the Lunch buffet. Hopefully I have stocked up on all the Vitamins I have been missing on my usual Jelly and ice cream and apple crumble free diet. Casino food seems to be the same the world over. It might be designed for dentures.

... suffering the first trimester exhaustion and nausea. We spent the holidays in Upstate NY with my family and returned to a new home just before New Year's. Since then, we've been working on the upstairs apartment in attempt to make it a lovely home for some wonderful, responsible tenant. Between doing the work and wooing the tenants, we've found very little time for much else. We did, of course, manage to take a trip to Miami for a short week to visit with my ...