The way we're doing this blog is all a bit ass-backwards at the mo, sorry, but basically we were in Montreal for a couple of days during our first week when we were on the east coast of Canada, after we'd visited John's friend Craig in Ottawa.
The fog was really really thick, but the city was great anyway, and they have this mad system of underground walkways which mean that you never actually have to be above ground to shop, jog, go to work, go to a restaurant, or whatever! We walked around aboveground because we wanted to see everything, and we actually spent about 4 hours walking to find the shore because John insisted he wanted to see it.
We did find the promenade, but the water proved a bit more elusive.
I wasn't quite as pleased as John to reach this point, but we did see some gorgous bits of architecture and explore the city, which is great by the way, very vibrant, with lots of different areas - and the shopping is legendary!
This is the face of impressedness at having found the water after three hours.
We stayed in a hotel in the middle of downtown, and the best thing about the room (aside from the seafood salad bigger than me which cost about £8 on room service!) was this window, and the views:
When the fog cleared a bit we saw some fantastic views of the city, and they have old stone churches and new glass office towers side by side, which looks odd but very pretty.
Unfortunately the fog rolled in when we tried to leave the island, and driving out this was all we could see!
And this is the Dodge Nitro we rented for a week - it was a tank! Good practice for driving the RV though!
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