Sept 5th
We got an early (for us) start on our trip to Montreal. Carol had looked up what the guide books said about what there is to see and talked to our friend Frank (a native Canadian and, therefore, expert) for his opinions. We got to the city and were parked for free by 9:00am.
Free parking is something to talk about in Montreal because the city has a computerized system for paying for on street parking. Each parking spot in the city is numbered. To pay for parking you note the ID number of your parking spot and go to any – and there are many – parking payment machine, enter your parking spot ID and buy up to two hours at twenty-five cents per quarter-hour. You can do this at any parking payment machine in the city. If you park at a time that is free the machine will not let you enter a payment – you must wait until you owe money. So you can wander around without worrying about getting back to your car. The downside of this is that you must wait until your previous parking period – free or not – has expired before you can enter a new payment. If you wait too long after the period has expired you will get a ticket.
My LOVE
Turns out that today was the day they held the Montreal Marathon and there were more than 2000 runners expected with races right through the city. We found a nice Tim Horton’s donut shop right on the race path and had coffee and donuts while watching the runners go by.
We toured the city according to the suggestions we had gotten and decided that it was too windy and cold (it was probably not that cold but the wind made it feel cold so it was) to hang around much. We took about half of one self-guided walking tour and decided to call it quits and go back to our coach. We did drive up to Mont Royal Park before we left and it was quite nice. Here is a slide show of the few photos we took.
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