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the grandé montreal adventure
Posted by poeticnook
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4/05/2009 02:40:00 AM
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the montreal trip was marked by blind dining at o'noir, tree top adventure, museum of modern art tour, indie film viewings at cinema du parc, long walks at rue st. laurent to rue st. catherine, hike down from mont royal, jazz bar excursions, a visit to basilique notre dame and poutine overdose.
the first two days were sunny but unfortunately my friend had to support some work stuff so i just looked at the city from the window. finally on the third day we met up with her college friends and tried the surprise menu at o'noir. the ad said that senses are heightened and the flavors are enhanced when you're blind dining, but interestingly for me, i thought the food was more bland when i don't actually ssee what i'm eating. oh well.
the tree-top adventure was not as long as the one we did at la fleche in quebec, i wasn't feeling up to it that time and i wasn't even wearing the right shoes but i gave in to peer pressure and just went for it. i'm glad i did, i haven't tried the obstacle course and ziplining in the snow. the only downside was there were no gloves provided and it was so cold but overall it was fun.
the view from mont royal was spectacular, but i heard that the view from cypress is way better, can't really compare though coz i haven't been to the cypress lookout yet, maybe i should stop by sometime. the hike down was not that bad, i did try to call for a taxi but it never came, it reminded me of the time when i walked down from tops - now that was hard work, i couldn't lift my legs to stand up the next day, this one was nothing compared to that, then again we didnt really go up till the top..
among other things, montreal is famous for its jazz bars, so we went to at least three. acid jazz is not really one of my favorites, it's like dadaism on saxophone, but i loved the piano renditions - now if only i can teach myself to play like that, then i'll be set for a career in music =)
the last day of the trip was spent looking for starbucks mugs, i didn't know this was such a hard to find commodity in this city of a hundred coffee shops. eventually we found a store that had stocks, unfortunately for me i wasn't able to get a snow globe to add to my collection, i guess this calls for a next time...
the first two days were sunny but unfortunately my friend had to support some work stuff so i just looked at the city from the window. finally on the third day we met up with her college friends and tried the surprise menu at o'noir. the ad said that senses are heightened and the flavors are enhanced when you're blind dining, but interestingly for me, i thought the food was more bland when i don't actually ssee what i'm eating. oh well.
the tree-top adventure was not as long as the one we did at la fleche in quebec, i wasn't feeling up to it that time and i wasn't even wearing the right shoes but i gave in to peer pressure and just went for it. i'm glad i did, i haven't tried the obstacle course and ziplining in the snow. the only downside was there were no gloves provided and it was so cold but overall it was fun.
the view from mont royal was spectacular, but i heard that the view from cypress is way better, can't really compare though coz i haven't been to the cypress lookout yet, maybe i should stop by sometime. the hike down was not that bad, i did try to call for a taxi but it never came, it reminded me of the time when i walked down from tops - now that was hard work, i couldn't lift my legs to stand up the next day, this one was nothing compared to that, then again we didnt really go up till the top..
among other things, montreal is famous for its jazz bars, so we went to at least three. acid jazz is not really one of my favorites, it's like dadaism on saxophone, but i loved the piano renditions - now if only i can teach myself to play like that, then i'll be set for a career in music =)
the last day of the trip was spent looking for starbucks mugs, i didn't know this was such a hard to find commodity in this city of a hundred coffee shops. eventually we found a store that had stocks, unfortunately for me i wasn't able to get a snow globe to add to my collection, i guess this calls for a next time...
