Montréal

After the typical American breakfast in theLa Quinta Plattsburghwe packed our car again and made our way to Montréal in Canada. Shortly before the entrance to Interstate I-87 N, we stopped at a Lowe's hardware store. While caching in the past few days, we often found small magnetic boxes, which are actually intended for depositing front door keys. We got hold of various models and are already looking forward to hiding them in Germany.

After 37 kilometers of driving north, we reached the border with Canada. The officer took his task very seriously and asked umpteen questions about our origin, reason for travel and return journey. The detail of the control was probably due to the lack of border traffic.

Montréal: Olympic Park

Our first destination in Montreal was the Olympic Park. We quickly found a parking space in the residential area and off we went, in summer temperatures, to the Olympic Stadium, with the distinctively inclined 175m high tower. Unfortunately, we didn't have that much time and so we wanted to see as much as possible as soon as possible. But it didn't even come to that, because unfortunately everything in the Olympic Park is closed on Mondays. On top of that, there was also construction going on everywhere! But the 38-year-old stadium also needs it. So we just walked around the stadium, took a few pictures and then drove on towards the city center.

The navigation system really misled us here, because the addresses we had picked out were not correct at all. But we still found our way downtown and went to the tourist information first. There we got a map and a personal consultation with a personally compiled program for our day in Montréal. Great service!

Montréal: Marie Reine du Monde Cathedral

The first thing on our agenda was the Marie Reine du Monde cathedral. It's really great, because it's the small copy of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. If I hadn't seen it myself, I wouldn't believe it, but that's the way it is. Beautiful! Real!

Montréal: Mont Royal

Via Place Ville Marie and McGill University, we then went to the park entrance of Mont Royal. The university is really beautiful, on the edge of the mountain (Mont Royal) very idyllically located. Then it went steeply uphill, because Mont Royal is 233m high and it has to be climbed first. It was really exhausting, but that was probably more due to the warm and humid weather. Once at the top, we were really overwhelmed. This climb is definitely worth it, because the view is simply brilliant. All the tourists cavort here and want to have photos taken of you. You are constantly asked if you can take a photo, but you are absolutely friendly.

Then we went downhill again and to our rental car. Our accommodation for that night was theBEST WESTERN PLUS Brossard. A nice hotel, even if it is a bit old.