We awoke to 77 degrees and low humidity this morning, which was a welcome relief from the past two sweltering days. Along with several other boaters, we were asked by the marina manager to move our boats because the marina will be totally full for the weekend for the Jean Baptiste holiday and needed to tighten up the perimeter slips. We were only requested to move Say Good-Bye about 100 feet forward on the same dock. It worked out nicely for us, since now we can get television reception. Our friends were not so fortunate and were moved to the other side of the marina which is very inconvenient.
After lunch we heard from our friends who were unable to meet us today. Hopefully, things will work out for tomorrow. It was a perfect day for the walking tour of Old Montreal so that's what we did. We walked to the Basilica Notre-Dame and bought tickets for the light show this evening which told the history of the settling of Montreal and the building of the magnificent church. It was quite interesting, but is definitely a study in opulence. The church is unbelievable.
We've enjoyed our visit to Montreal and met several new looper friends, a few of which are taking the same route we are. We hope to catch up with them somewhere along the way. Attached are today's pictures:
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| Notre-Dame Basilica |
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| Street musicians in the square near Notre-Dame playing classical and contemporary music,They were excellent |
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| Oh those French girls!! |
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| Appellate Court of Montreal |
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| Avenue of Artists branches off Jacques Cartier Place |
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| Business district in Old Montreal |
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| Hansom cabs are very popular |
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| Striper could go for a little dip! |
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| Montreal City Hall at Jacques Cartier Place |
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| An artist at work along Avenue of Artists |
Dear Celeste & Ralph
ReplyDeleteSal and I are in awe of you traveling experience and of the beautiful writing and pictures you are taking it makes a person feel as if we are along for the ride with you both and of course Striper. Sal is on the computer more than I am so I love it when he comes back and tells me what you did for the day and he can tell a story as if he was on the boat himself then I will look at the pictures during a quiet time And probably enjoy them more.We look forward to checking in and seeing were the family will be and their next adventure.
Sal & Sandy Salmoiraghi
Hi Sandy & Sal: We're glad you're following our travels. We're in St. Anne de Bellevue now and the internet connectivity is intermittent. I've posted the narrative of today's events but no photos because they take too long to post and I get knocked off the connection. Arrrghhhh!! We went through two commercial locks today -- our first commercial ones, and they are quite different as you'll see from the photos.
DeleteIf you add your email address in the box noted at the upper right of the home page, you will get an automatic notification if a new post has been made. You don't have to do that...it's just a feature that I added to make it easier to follow along. Best regards to you and Sal!!
Celeste