Thursday, October 17 after work, Tammy and I drove to VT for a quick evening visit with Jaclyn, the VT Grandparents, and the Beauchemins. The next morning, we left early for Montreal arriving there at 830 am.
Our plan was to head first to the Biodome which our GPS could not find. It did have an entry for a Biosphere. Turns out the Biosphere and the Biodome are two completely different things in different parts of the city. The unique thing about this unplanned side trip was that to leave our parking lot, we had to drive around the Montreal Grand Prix race course which we later learned is the only track to have been used for both Grand Prix races and a NASCAR race.
A half hour drive later, we found the Botanical Gardens which is within walking distance of the Biodome. We arrived at the Botanical Gardens just in time to take a 2 hour guided tour of the outdoor gardens. We then visited the Biodome and had lunch. We headed back to the Gardens and visited all the greenhouses. Having been on our feet for over six hours, we decided it was time to find our hotel in Old Montreal which was no easy feat.
On Saturday, we took a six hour tour walking tour of Montreal. We visited all the various sections of Montreal weaving east to west as we made our way north through the city. After the tour, we hit the tourist shops for some souvenirs for the girls.
We left Montreal early enough Sunday morning to make it to VT in time to attend church. Turns out after church, there was a pot luck for Pastor's Appreciation month. We arrived back in CT around 6 pm.
Pictures of our trip are posted to the right. Please click on them to see a slideshow.
3 comments:
Hey, I am glad you guys had a good time, but I couldn't get the pictures to get big.....
If you click on the pictures themselves, it will take you to the picasa website.
Believe it or not, I did click on the pictures like normally, but....
They were bigger today so I got to see. Looks like a great trip.
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