Weekend Trip 4: Montreal, Canada

I finally crossed the border..
Boston is nearer to Canada then to the American Capital..
It was going to be a road trip..
rented car..
6 hours drive..
3 days 2 nights

this is me in the car..
notice on my hand..
that is American Food~

This is Willa and Michael..
Michael is our wonderful driver..
none of us had a driver's license..
so other then laughing and cracking silly jokes..
we were basically useless on the road..
haha

That's me and Eric
we didn't take any group photo..
but yes it was the 4 of us on the road trip...
and this being one of the few photos Eric actually smiles..

This is Canadian food..
Not the best.. but..
better than the food here le..
(no.. I did not finish everything.. I shared that with willa.. although I think I ate most of it.. hah)

This is how they sell milk in Montreal...
very european lo
literally packet form..
reminds me of the soy bean milk we get from the market back in SG..
argh.. I miss all the tou huey and bau chou porridge from temasek market la..

This is food..
The all famous Montreal Smoked Meat Sandwich..
we travelled and walk quite abit to hunt down this super ulu shop lo..
Schwartz's Delicatessan
it is good stuff..

There is actually xiao fei yang in Montreal..
the chinatown there is alot bigger and better than in Boston..
it was just very nice to find proper decent chinese food here...Rue St. Dominique...
I had to take a picture of it lah..

Basilica Notre Dame..
Neo Gothic Church from 1829
also known for being the Blue Church of Montreal
dedicated to Our Lady

very pretty rights..
it looks like I extracted it from a postcard or somesort of painting..

Sacred Heart Chapel
mainly for weddings...
It cost $2000 to get married in the basilica and $700 to get married in this chapel..
It's a 2 yr long waitlist..
(maybe i shoould book now find later.. haha)

Cathedrale marie Reine du Monde
mapped after the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome

It just give you a very peaceful and save feeling being inside a church..

I climbed.. a million steps..
slung-ed in the snow and frozed in the cold..
to get up Chalet Mont Royal..
wasn't prepared for the climb lah..
I wasn't in boots.. I wore my converse shoes.... haha

And there you have it..
the view..
and my accomplishment..

Not to forget..
my workout for the week..

Burger..
from LA Paryse..
another good find..
the mushroom, carmelised onions and homemade beef pattie..
well compensated the SUPER long wait for a table and food..

Not to forget..
The pretty waitress did make the food taste better..
somehow la..

Montreal hosted the Olyimpics in 1976
this is the olympic tower..
interesting to see such modern architecture in such a old city..

That's all for montreal..