After a nice breakfast of fruit and a very large croissant we took the car back to the rental car company. The only challenge we had was getting fuel as I had to change pumps because I had to be at a pump where you did not have to use a card. Once that was sorted it was no problem. Petrol is very cheap in Canada compared to New Zealand $C1.43 for 85 octane fuel.
Montagne Romaine January 2013, -29 degrees |
Montagne Romaine May 2014 +13 degrees |
Downtown Montréal |
We celebrated a nephew Joly’s birthday that evening at a lovely restaurant called Les 400 coups. It was a very nice place in Vieux Montréal. For a starter I shared a pâte of pork with Bev which was superb. For my main I had suckling pig. It even had its origin. It lots of veges to accompany it and was superb. Finally Bev and I shared a plate of Canadian cheese. Overall the menu was small but each plate was done almost to perfection. It was also remarkably good value.
Stoned man with dog who refused to walk |
We will have to come back to Montréal, because like Quebec we really did not see much. This part of the trip has been about Bev's family who have been very good hosts and a lot of fun to be around making the trip a real highlight as we get to hear about Quebec and Ontario in ways that you do not when you are not with the locals.
Not only that we have been treated to some great food whether it be home cooking or in some rather superb restaurants.
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