Port d'Escale, Montreal, QC - 6/24/12

Our Sunday started off as it should, up at 7 a.m. so we could make the short walk to the 9:30 services at Basilica Notre-Dame.

Another neat area

We walked by another pedestrian walkway that looked so peaceful with lots of seats and trees.

Basilica Notre-Dame

We got to the church at 9:15 and sat in awe of the beauty of it.  This was the only picture we got of the inside because we found out they don't want cameras, movies or cell phones in there.The service was in French but it was similar to what we are used to seeing.

State Adult Beverage Store

Across the street was the liquor store which is normally open on Sundays from 8 until 5 but since this was a holiday weekend it was closed.

Basilica Notre-Dame

Street Sign

We are slowly learning pieces of the French language and can recognize words on menus.

She found a Christmas Shop

One of Ricki's hobbies is to get a Christmas ornament in each place we visit and since we have traveled so much over the years, our "travel tree" is getting pretty full.

Gay Section

After lunch on the boat we joined Marc & Michelle on a Gray Line bus tour of the city which was most interesting.  Montreal has so much history that dates back in time from invasions, wars and even the Olympic Games several years ago.

Our Driver

Both levels of the bus were full but it was a hop on/hop off type tour so we eventually worked our way from the first level to the top open level.

Museum of Fine Art

We stopped at the museum and spent about 45 minutes enjoying various pieces of art.

Family ?

The Thinking Man

We waited for the next bus outside the museum at 3:05

Just Married

St. John Church

Our tour took us by this church which is the 3rd largest in the world and built entirely with contributions. We also went by the Notre-Dame catholic Cemetery which has over one million folks buried in it.

Our looper friends

Montreal

Another stop was on top of Mont-Royal which is a mountain formed from volcanic activities centuries ago. It provided great views of the city plus had a huge park that was absolutely full of people enjoying life.

Eye Candy

Good thing I was here or Ricki would have brought him back to the boat.

Another looper couple on Blue Moon which we first saw in Waterford, stopped by and chatted plus offered to loan us the maps we needed for the Ottawa River and Rideau Canal.

The four of us enjoyed dinner at a French restaurant later in the evening then turned in for the night.  Tomorrow we get moving again on the St. Lawrence into the Ottawa River thru a couple locks to Sainte Anne.  Just for the record, we have gone through 23 locks on the Champlain Canal making our total to date of 55 locks.  We will go through another 80 plus locks to get to Lake Huron.