Montreal day one

Old Montreal
We made it to Montreal and our campsite despite having put the wrong address into the GPS and the closure of one freeway. After setting up Micheal gave us directions to the old town and historic area of Montreal. Did I mention that it sits on an island and was originally settled in 1642 as a French missionary outpost.
Well the directions were great except for the closure again of out off ramp because of construction. You really must come here in 1 year and do this trip because all of this road construction will be finished (only to be replaced by new road construction).
The old town is great and the historic buildings are all within walking distance. First stop was the Basilica of Notre Dame which was closed for weddings that day. And they must do about a wedding every 15 minutes judging from the number of brides we saw walking around. But we got tickets for the light show inside for that evening at 7:00pm.
Next was a tour of the old architecture and buildings. The Montreal Stock exchange which is now a theater, the Bank of Montreal, the Center for Architecture, the Muse of Montreal, the home of the first Governor of Montreal, the homes of some of the other famous people. The old center of the city is really quite marvelous with its cit rock streets which look like bricks but are actually rock. The streets as you can imagine are quite narrow and they have many small parks everywhere on the boulevards. The main street on the river has a parkway all the way along it and lots of things to see.
We did not get a chance to see it all and will go back tomorrow to see the Center for Architecture and the Muse de Montreal. I think that we will skip the Science Museum. Another thing that we did was a really fantastic dinner at a really great French Bistro. Bev loved the Coq o Vin and I had Pork Tenderloin in a win sauce. Mmmmmmm good and topped off with cheesecake.
Well folks that is all for today so stay tuned for the next episode.
1-5 Street scenes and the front of Notre Dame de bon Secours