Sushi, Trains, and Friends

We  went to a sushi place near the hotel. It was pretty fancy, but the babies did well. Then we went for a very long walk to Old Town, Old Port, and Chinatown. We were very close to a train. Tali was about to cry, because the engine was loud, but Candace convinced her not to, so she didn't. Abie put his hands on his face and peeked through his fingers. I think he was too excited.

Walking along the water was nice. Old buildings to the left with green space in between. The water to the right wasn't the nicest view because there are a few museums along the.way. We came to a very touristy spot. Candace surprisingly wanted to check it out more, but it was late.

In Chinatown, there were also Japanese and Vietnamese restaurants, which was weird. Almost none of the stores and restaurants were handicap accessible.

We mad  the long journey to the hotel stumbling on some sculptures and other cool things. We were hungry, so we got Five Guys and I learned that I could just touch the credit card to the machine. Everything in Five Guys was in French as it is everywhere. There's a French-English political divide in Montreal that has a contentious recent past. So I feel like I'm unwittingly taking sides when I speak English. But I speak English because I don't speak French.


There's also the smell of marijuana here, which is legal. Apparently where you can smoke it is complicated, but out in public as long as it's 9 meters from certain places is legal. I haven't seen anybody with tape measurers though.

This morning we met my friend Kristen, her husband, and her two year old daughter who all came up from Vermont. We went to the Fine Arts Museum because we're all classy and cultured like that. The special exhibit had so many dresses. The babies seemed to like it. Then they got to dress up their own dolls.

We ate at a Middle Eastern place. The staff was so friendly. We next found a playground and Tali showed off her climbing skills while Abie showed off his woodchip eating skills (and his climbing skills too).

We were very behind on their nap when it was time to leave. Tali missed her new friends as we walked back to the hotel. It was supposed rain, but it turned out to be perfect weather.