Montreal Itinerary

Takeaways:

  • Great food in Old Montreal

  • Mount Royal offers superb views of the city

  • The cocktails are weak but the beer is strong

  • The young men at clubs acted like middle schoolers at a dance, hanging out around the perimeter of the dance floor, only to bop a friend on the head as their way of flirting ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Day 1 - Drive from Massachusetts to Montreal

  • The GPS was misinformed, there was no Atwater exit

  • Payment for food is given at table

  • Fiddler's Green was empty and went to another bar with fantastic blueberry beer

Day 2

  • Selfie Stick Prank: 2 old women as part of the Canadian equivalent of Off Their Rockers asked to take a selfie with the 4 of us, using their selfie stick that had to be at least 6 feet long. I have no idea if we made it on TV.

  • Metro passes - public transit was the easiest and fastest way to explore the city

  • Botanical gardens - we visited on the last free day

  • Old Montreal

  • Dine at Jardin Nelson, order the Cartier Salad and sangria

  • Basilica de Notre Dame

  • Old Port

  • Went to Electric Blue and did the grandma dance: we didn’t know when it said 80s music online, everyone would be 50+

  • Proceeded to bar instead

Day 3

  • Mount Royal

  • St-Viateur Bagel

  • Little Italy

  • Poutine at La Banquise

  • Apt. 200 too exclusive, headed to Tokyo club

  • Learned clubs are empty before midnight

  • Left for McKibbin’s Irish Pub and West Point boys chatted up the one friend who didn’t like boys

  • Returned to Tokyo bar

Day 4 - Drive from Montreal to Massachusetts

  • Crepes and waffles for breakfast

  • A bridge closure caused us to be rerouted and spend 3 hours in the car before we even got out of the city

ItinerariesAmanda Tessier