We had a bus tour of the rest of Montreal today. I don't know how far we went, but we eventually went up Mount Royal (Mont Real) and had a great look at the city. But today it was pretty hazy, so we didn't get any decent pictures.
We visited a bagel shop and saw how they make the bagels, plus got a sample.
We got some pre cheese cheddar at the farmers market, plus free time to look at all the goodies at the market. The cheese tasted a little bit like Mozarella and had a sort of squeaky consistency in the mouth.
Then we had some free time for lunch and a visit to the Museum of Fine Arts and more free time for exploring the plateau, a nice shopping area of Montreal.
I decided to walk home from there, kind of
Our final scripted stop was at the Montreal Fine Arts Museum. They were having a Chihuly exhibit which was about half of what they had in San Francisco.
They arranged for us to take taxis home from the museum, but it was less than two miles so I actually got a chance to walk home, and shop on the way. Didn't find anything I wanted to buy, if that can be believed.
Our last included event for the day was dinner at La Pyrenees which is supposed to be a Basque restaurant. Totally different from what we call a Basque restaurant at home. I had a wonderful fish with an aioli crust, squash soup and a raspberry dessert that was kind of like a tiny trifle and one section of the trifle really reminded me of the dessert out mothers used to make with whipped cream and strawberry Jello.
Tomorrow we tour Notre Dame cathedral, get a special tour and visit with the organist and supposedly a concert. Then we leave by train for Quebec City.
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