We have a completed photo set from Montreal now available of Flickr. Not a lot of pictures though. Today both Dominica and I return to university for the fall semester. As if we weren’t busy enough! I forgot to mention yesterday that on the drive home I finished “reading” Simon Winchester’s book “A Crack in …
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September 3, 2007: Labor Dabor
Happy Labor Day Everybody. I got up this morning at nine thirty and decided to take a walk through downtown Montreal while Oreo and Dominica slept for a while longer. I went south-east on the av du Parc until it turned into Bleury which I walked the length of and then Rue St. Pierre until …
September 2, 2007: Absinthe Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Oreo got me up at eight this morning meaning that I only got about four hours of sleep. I am going to be pretty sleepy today. After Oreo’s walk I set out to the patisserie across the street to get some breakfast pastries and then to the Second Cup on the corner for some coffee. …
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September 1, 2007: First Day in Montreal
I woke up this morning, on my own, around eight thirty. It was perfect timing since I had to go down and get the car parked in the garage instead of on the street this morning. So I got up and went down and put a little money in the meter and took a walk …
Montreal Update (August 31, 2007 Part 2)
The drive up to Montreal was excellent. We didn’t get to leave Newark until late – closing in on nine in the evening. But there was no traffic at all and we made great time the whole way. In total, the drive time itself was under six hours. Not a tough trip at all. Customs …