Good Friday in Montreal

Seriously, we don't make Bryson sleep in the closets when we travel. It's all his idea. I mean, one time we made McKay sleep in the trunk, but that's a long story. The closet in this hotel even has it's own light that Bryson rigged up with an extension to the cord so he could turn out the light when he was done reading.

We started out the day with a bus tour of the city. One stop was at la Basilique Notre-Dame. It bears resemblance to Notre Dame in Paris, but it's smaller and no gargoyles.

They were holding Good Friday services, so we didn't get to go in. Maybe tomorrow. We did see the procession leaving the church with a guy holding a cross at the lead.

The tour bus dropped us off at one of the look outs on Mount Royal (Montreal, get it?). We happened to have 3 pairs of binoculars in the back pack. I try to be prepared for any occasion. Bryson, Parker, and McKay below.

After the tour was over we explored the underground mall that stretches for miles and then caught the Metro to go to the Biodome.

The Biodome is an old Olympic venue that has been converted into an indoor zoo of sorts. It has 4 habitats that you walk through and see animals and plants that live there. It was very cool. McKay and Bryson's favorite was the otters, David's was the tamarind monkeys.

After the Biodome, we took the Metro to near our hotel where we hiked up to another Mount Royal look out.

Montreal is a beautiful city. McKay says he likes it better than Paris. Not me. But it has it's own charm.