Monday, May 01, 2006
Le voisin du nord
In an effort to completely confuse me, Victor and I went to Montréal this weekend. I say that this confused me because in high school and college, I took French. I am now taking Spanish. I had no idea what I was saying in Montréal! I was saying "gracias" when I should have been using "merci." I kept getting all of my articles (el, le, la, etc.) confused. But we had a great time nonetheless!
Most of our weekend was just spent wandering the city. We did a little shopping, but not nearly as much as we usually do. We stayed at Château de l'Argoat hotel, which was quaint and very pleasant, with a fantastic free breakfast. On Saturday, we had a late lunch at Frite Alors!, a Belgian frite shop that has stores througout Montréal. It was très yummy. Later that evening we had dinner at Au Pied du Cochon. Their website is awful but the food was wonderful. Victor ate pied du cochon (pig's foot), and it was way better than I imagined. We also had a boudin and foie gras tartlet that was very good.
Sunday, we planned to go to mass at Basilisque Notre-Dame, but we managed to snooze for about an hour before getting up, so we had to miss it. We wandered around town some more, ate a late lunch, and flew back home.
Montréal is a fantastic city. It's the most European city in North America, and it's much closer than a flight to Europe. Just wandering around the area of town known as the Plateau was lots of fun, because the we could look at the beautiful architecture, little cafés, and shops. The weather was beautiful while we were there. The only bad thing that happened (other than the sore legs and blisters from walking) was the bird that pooped on my brand new jacket. But even that wasn't too bad, because only Victor actually touched the poop (and he got it all over his hands). C'est la vie!
In an effort to completely confuse me, Victor and I went to Montréal this weekend. I say that this confused me because in high school and college, I took French. I am now taking Spanish. I had no idea what I was saying in Montréal! I was saying "gracias" when I should have been using "merci." I kept getting all of my articles (el, le, la, etc.) confused. But we had a great time nonetheless!
Most of our weekend was just spent wandering the city. We did a little shopping, but not nearly as much as we usually do. We stayed at Château de l'Argoat hotel, which was quaint and very pleasant, with a fantastic free breakfast. On Saturday, we had a late lunch at Frite Alors!, a Belgian frite shop that has stores througout Montréal. It was très yummy. Later that evening we had dinner at Au Pied du Cochon. Their website is awful but the food was wonderful. Victor ate pied du cochon (pig's foot), and it was way better than I imagined. We also had a boudin and foie gras tartlet that was very good.
Sunday, we planned to go to mass at Basilisque Notre-Dame, but we managed to snooze for about an hour before getting up, so we had to miss it. We wandered around town some more, ate a late lunch, and flew back home.
Montréal is a fantastic city. It's the most European city in North America, and it's much closer than a flight to Europe. Just wandering around the area of town known as the Plateau was lots of fun, because the we could look at the beautiful architecture, little cafés, and shops. The weather was beautiful while we were there. The only bad thing that happened (other than the sore legs and blisters from walking) was the bird that pooped on my brand new jacket. But even that wasn't too bad, because only Victor actually touched the poop (and he got it all over his hands). C'est la vie!
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