Montreal, Quebec
Camping Alouette June 19-25
Camping Alouette June 19-25
Our First day in Montreal!! I have to admit this is the first time we have been somewhere where English is the second language. We decided to go into town and do a couple of walking tours. First we had to find the subway station with a wrong turn here and there -we did find it. As we entered the station I was at a loss couldn't read anything everything was in French !! Luckily we knew how to navigate the subway system by color/pictures so off we went on the subway with no problems. We thought New York trains were fast- these were much faster. We stopped at the tourist center when we crossed into Quebec we were given a great tour book it was in English we followed it did two walking tours of the downtown and below are some of the sights we saw.
This is city hall the building was built between 1872-1878.One of the side streets in the old town area called Place Jacques Cartier. Here you will find lots of sidewalk cafes, artists, strolling musicians and of course lots of shopping. Streets are lined with Victorian street lights really nice place to watch tourists mill around.
This area was built in 1809 as the main market place.
Notre Dame Basilica of Montreal what a fantastic and beautiful church. The church is of the Gothic Revival architecture built between 1824-1829 I had to cross the street in order to get a full shot of the church it is massive.
This is the magnificent alter all the wood inside is walnut with gold leaf swirls. I am not even sure the camera can capture its beauty. The church holds over 3000 people and the mass is all done in French. One interesting note- the architect was from New York and wanted to be buried beneath the church- But, he was Protestant and had to convert to Catholic in order to buried beneath his masterpiece.
For more pictures of our walking tour of Old Montreal click the link below
