Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Canada_Day5_Quartier Latin, Montréal

We drove to Montréal from Ottawa on Monday morning, May 3. We picked up Kai on the way. It's about 2 hour drive. We checked in Winston, Montréal and unloaded all luggage as soon as we arrived. Kai was our tour guide and he took us to travel by subway without thinking about parking.

Our goal for today was to have fun at Latin Quartier. We had our lunch at a local restaurant on St. Denis around 3:30. We were all STARVING!!! The foods were good and we enjoyed a lot. I loved how they place the food on the plate. Very artistic, and no wonder people called Montréal the second Paris in Northern America.

Street View from the restaurant.


I ordered the ham and asparagus omelet. Not greasy with light seasoning. I can taste each ingredient.


Ira's sandwich. He said those Fries are among the best Fries he ever had.


Kai's light dish!


I found this fruit on my plat. It tastes like passion fruit mixes with tomato.


Shops and restaurants alone two sides of the main street.




It's a very nice day. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful sun. I also like to appreciate the building architect. They are so unique and interesting to look at!












Families joy the nice sunshine in the Park!






This is UQAM (Université du Québec à Montréal) area. Lots of bookstore and fun restaurants! Very busy area. I did not see any sign of recession in Canada.




Lots of nice churches were converted into Public libraries. The maintain the main frame and redid the entire inside.




Sainte-Catherine is the busy busy commercial shopping area. You can find all the international brands on this street!






Lots of constructions all over the place due to spring just arrived. It snows half of the year in Montréal.






I love to see the roofs of buildings. Lots of different styles!










Nice residential areas. Very quiet and friendly neighborhood. I would move to this town if the weather is like California.