Anne & Peter Out and About: Montreal Day 3

18th Century Market (again), Parc du Mont Royal and a carriage ride ...

After a great dinner at our favourite restaurant last night, it was time to head back to our hotel

The City Hall beautifully illiminated

The busy Rue Saint-Paul but never seemed to be overcrowded

The next morning we went to have another look at the 18th Century Market whilst it was a bit quieter. We caught a full re-enactment scene!

Including loading and firing of the muskets!

Anne with a couple of the local 18th century people

After that we decided to take the car and drive to Parc du Mont-Royal which is on top of a hill and the closest that Montreal has to Central Park in New York. This is the Lac aux Castors

Plenty of open space and plenty of Sunday picnickers arriving

Beautiful park and a beautiful day!

The lookout over the City of Montreal was also very impressive

More towards the centre of Montreal

Here you can just see the Montreal Olympic Stadium in the distance

Just to prove that I was actually there!

Back to the old part of Montreal on our way for some lunch

Our favourite restaurant - again. Thirsty work this sightseeing!

This area seemed to "Wedding Central". we saw about three going on at the same time!

This happy couple intrigued us as they kept crossing a busy road again and again whilst being photographed!

The Sulpician Seminary in the background is the oldest building still standing in Montreal. It was first erected in 1684. Horse drawn carriages can also be seen (see later), The statue with the turned up nose had only just been erected - it matched another at the other side of the Place d'Armes

I wouldn't have chosen pink for the carriage but the lady driver spoke good English and that was definitely a benefit as she gave a good narrative whilst we travelled the streets for 30 minutes!