Montreal!
had a great week in Montreal, Canada last week. First time there, lots to see and even more to *eat*. Some highlights:
1) Old Montreal – very cool, very euro, and the weather made seeing it all very easy (sunny and warm). Plus the huge Notre Dame cathedral in the middle was pretty impressive, too.
2) Mount Royal – huge wooded park in the northern part of the city, literally a ‘mountain’ rising up from surrounding neighborhoods. We walked all over that thing, amid some rain but still very pretty and you can see for miles once up there (even though not really a ‘mountain’ by Western standards :). the park was originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, whose son John Charles was the lead designer of Seattle’s own Washington Park Arboretum – nice local connection…!
3) Eating:
Brasserie T (kerewin found out about this place because Anthony Bourdain had been there a few times before);
Schwartz’s Deli – amazing smoked meat sandwiches, we should have gone twice!
Bagels – I was the only one to get to eat these (kerewin can’t do gluten) but mmmm…….! Also it’s worth noting that Montreal-style bagels have a taste and technique all their own.
Les Enfants Terribles – amazing food and great service.
4) Just plain fun. Everywhere we went it was interesting to explore, my only slight regret is that Billy Connolly was coming to town Oct 23, so we missed him – that would have capped off a great second week!
Merci beaucoup, Montreal….au revoir. Here’s some pics….
candybowl