This last week has been our vacation for the year, a very much needed week off from work! Wednesday Scott and I drove up to Montreal for the day. It was about an hour and a half drive; most of it was pretty uneventful, it's pretty rural between the border and Montreal. Once we came up on the city limits we were in something we haven't experienced since leaving WA: traffic! This was the bumper-to-bumper, parking lot type of stuff you see around Seattle and Bellevue and Everett. Once we finally got into the city we were able to find parking pretty easily, then made a quick visit to a tourist information center and were off! Our fist stop was city hall. The first thing we saw when we walked in were a bunch of cheerleaders and camaramen/women, we weren't quite sure what was going on, there weren't any signs. Luckily I had a Canadian with me who recognized the mascot for Montreal's football team, who had just won the Grey Cup (Canadian equivalent of the super bowl). I thought I had done a pretty good job of snapping some pictures of the trophy from maybe 10 feet away, but Scott wanted a bit more, and that's when we walked right up to the front and got this picture:
Pretty nice! After that we went to the museum and learned a bit about Montreal's founding and early history, went to lunch and then drove home. I loved walking around the city and seeing parts of the old and new, and learning all the history! I'm still always amazed at the amount of history that is here on the east coast. And the fact that Montreal is a french-speaking city, with no english anywhere (even on their tourist maps) made it that much more interesting!
Back here in Burlington, the weather is still around the high 40's, mid 50's, with no snow on the ground still! We've been hearing snow rumors but nothin' yet. Hopefully it will make an appearance before Christmas. :)
-Abbie
