We are counting down the hours to the end of our summer in
Montreal. As we do so I have the same
pangs I had when I was a teen and faced the reality of returning for another
school year. I have loads of great
memories but I still wonder if I took full advantage of the time.
What a wonderful opportunity it has been. I have been able to get familiar with the
city and intimate with my particular neighborhood. Revisit some old homes where my immediate and
extended family once lived. I got to see
some of my great-grandfather’s surviving architecture in person. Best of all I got the chance to get to know
some of my distant relatives. So much
more. The everyday stuff as well as the once
a decade stuff. Things I could never
experience in the one week stays of the past, 1963, 1990, and 2008.
We are in close proximity to McGill, the English speaking
university, and the last few days the sidewalks and restaurants have started to
fill with the returning students. That
is another stark reminder of the season’s end.
Just as the days get shorter and the evenings get cooler we are bidding
adieu to another temporary home.
We have
definitely grown fond of Montreal and know that we will be returning before too
long.
Oh yes, one last event before we move on. Wednesday we will go out to celebrate our 37th anniversary...our 3rd in Canada now.
Here are some highlights we captured:
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| A one up and one down duplex in Outremont designed by my great grandfather in the 1930s |
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| Toni preparing for the hike home |
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| Great BBQ from Cousin Sandy's farewell party |
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| Old Montreal from the St Lawrence River ferry |
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| One of the famous Montreal bagel shops |
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| My Mom and a neighbour in 1948 superimposed on the same spot in modern day Verdun 65 years later |
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| With Great Aunt Pat Moran...our second meeting with 50 years between |
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| High tea at The Queen Elizabeth Hotel, famous as the site of John and Yoko's Bed-In |
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| Habitat '67 up close on St Helen's Island, built for Expo '67 World's Fair |
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| The entrance to our building at rue Milton et rue Ste Famille |
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| Leonard Cohen's Montreal home since the 1970s |
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| One room of the Chihuly exhibit |
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| At the Jardin Botanique/ Botanical Gardens, 40 foot high sculpture of sedum |
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| The original location of Juliette et Chocolat on St Denis |
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| One of the views from the top of Mount Royal overlooking downtown, the St Lawrence River, and the South Shore |
