Well, the first leg of our trip took us to Montreal for 6 days. We stayed with a friend, so saved quite a bit of $$$ on housing. Overall, Montreal is a pretty nice city. There is an amazing amount of beautiful, old, historic buildings all around the city. Sadly, anything built during this century is pretty awful...you know what I'm talking about...those monstrosities from the 50's, 60's and 70's. This creates a weird dichotomy of very beautiful architecture and very ugly architecture, with very little in between. The weather was wonderful the entire time we were there, sunny with temps in the 50's and 60's, nice, crisp fall weather!
The Old Town (Vieux Montreal) has the highest concentration of older buildings and has a very European feel to it, with gorgeous buildings crammed cheek-to-jowl, cobbled streets, and and lively atmosphere. I didn't realize quite how French they really are there. All the signs and menus are in French Luckily, we picked up some basic conversational French fairly quickly (well, at least enough to find our way around town and be able to order chicken instead of fish)!
Montreal Old Town
Christ Church Cathedral
Montreal Old Town, Rue St. Denis
Montreal Old Town, Random Church
Chalet in Parc du Mont-Real
Montreal City Hall
Montreal Old Town and Bonsecours Marché (Market)
Montreal Old Town
Montreal Old Town, Basilica in background
Old Town and Church
Basilique Notre-Dame de Montreal
Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral interior
Christ Church Cathedral
Steps leading up to St. Joseph's Oratory
St. Joseph's Oratory
Mcgill University in Montreal
Aldred Building in Montreal's Old Town
Interior of Royal Bank, Old Town Montreal
Gault Building in Montreal's Old Town
Horse-drawn carriage in Montreal's Old Town
View from Old Town toward Royal Bank Tower
Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral exterior
The Olympic Stadium
That's a quick overview of our trip to Montreal...tomorrow...Quebec City!
Tres bien! Ou est les jardins? Oubliez-vous les arbres d'autumn aussi? Merci pour les images, monsieur! Tres chic. A bientot!
ReplyDeleteWow! Beautiful pictures. We went to Montreal for our honeymoon...we were married in December. It was very very snowy and cold, but beautiful. It's nice to see what the streets look like dry.
ReplyDeleteNever ever have I seen my city look as beautiful as it does in your pictures.
ReplyDeleteThank you for re connecting me with its beauty.
Hi Scott, I love old buildings. Juxtaposed by a autumn blue sky they're even lovelier.
ReplyDeleteScott, what a beautiful city. Thanks for the photo journey-much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteBenjamin: Merci! That's as much French as I dare attempt...without horribly embarrassing myself :-) The tree and flower pics are inbound...I took so many at the Jardin Botanique that I'll still sorting through them!
ReplyDeleteDanger: Thanks! I bet it was beautiful in the snow...then again, snow is not always as enjoyable when you're slogging through it :-)
Allanbecker: Thanks...it's a great city!
Grace: Thanks so much...it was beautiful there!
Velva: Thanks, glad you enjoyed them!