Montreal Trip

This is a postcript to our trip to Montreal this year. It was raining when we went to Canada (as in pouring rain. Pam, formerly Mrs. Rodrigues, who was with David and I on the trip can attest to that.

Here's proof that it was foggy that day. Montreal, with its old buildings, looked like a picture from a gothic novel.

David and Pam make a good team with regard to hotel hunting and unearthing tourist information that we need to know.

Pam and David at the booth inside the Tourist Information Center. The building is magnificent from the outside, homey and inviting, see picture below. Tourists may ask for hotel accommodation at a discounted price. The prices are remarkable different from the rates shown on the computer. The tourist information officers will tell you the directions too and where to find good food, etc. They greet everybody, however, in French. "Bonjour, Madame."

A two-decker bus parked outside the Tourist Information Center in the City, see picture below. It is like the one we saw in New York City. When we were hunting for a place to eat in the area a bus driver, who was coming out of a restaurant, convinced us to eat in the place. "Hey," he said, "I'm a bus driver. I know what restaurants offer good but affordable food." Nice, one way to promote the city, too.