Day 34 – Mon. July 13, 2009

Again we had a beautiful morning then rain! We crossed the St. Lawrence River on the ferry, got a map and then walked the city. There are two cities – one above ground and one below ground. They are both beautiful and full of excitement. When we realized just how large this city is we took a 3 hour Gray Line tour which turned out to be perfect considering the weather. Highlights were – Old Montreal, Notre-Dame Basilica (on right), Olympic Park, Mount Royal Park (pic of us) and St. Joseph Oratory (left). We were both impressed with the comfort of the bus and the knowledge of the driver. It truly was a good choice.

When the ferry returned us to the other side of the river we headed straight to restaurant row on St. Charles in Longueuil and had another very good meal at Jacques Cartier Pizza. The food was so good we even passed up having ice cream tonight.

Tomorrow weather permitting we will enter the Canal de la rive Sud and work our way into the Ottawa River. I sure hope for good weather as we will have to be on our toes as we pick our way through a slew of buoys and channel markers when transitioning from the canal to the river. In the middle of this transition the colors of the buoys are reversed twice! Tomorrow should be interesting!