The morning of the 22nd was filled with chores. Laundry and groceries were on the to do list and once they were out of the way we had a city to explore. I should change the name of the blog to, "Ken Eats Across Canada!". Montreal is a city of food. Restaurants, cafes, fast food, slow food, bars and bistros are crammed into block after block. The front desk manager at the Y joked with us saying they weigh people when they leave and if they haven't gained any weight they haven't had any fun. Lots and lots of food and drink twenty-four hours a day. Maybe not the drink but I'm sure you can find that after hours, too!
Bikes rule here in Montreal with all their city bike paths. Cars are bumper to bumper with horns blaring while cyclists in suites and skirts calmly ride by. Many are riding Montreal's public share bike called, "Bixi" but I see most ride cheep old bikes they don't have to worry locking on the street.
There is just to much to see in two days. Old Montreal was first on the list with its churches, old city architecture and outdoor cafes to sit and drink coffee and eat.
Next was the shopping districts of Rue Ste. Catherine's and the "Village".
We took in parts of the Comedy Festival Just For Laughs.
We walked the 256 stairs to the top of Mont Royal in the rain and walked back to the Village district to eat some more.
There is an underground city here in Montreal, "La Ville SouterraYine" with over 32kms of interconnecting shopping malls, banks and even schools. We walked through a small portion of it during a string of thunder storms the morning of the 23rd.
I added up the approximate distance we walked over the two days and it came to 40kms. Believe me it's a different set of muscles you use off the bike. A little stiff and tired but we'll worth the effort.
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