So, this is the story of our honeymoon that I promised Ben would be all but inside the hotel room, which I have to say was very nice but a little small. We stayed right downtown so we were in the middle of it all. We were two blocks away from Rue St. Catherine which was something like the magnificent mile of Chicago except with a lot more restaurants, bars, and strip clubs. They were not shy about their sex industry. There were 3 foot posters of fully nude women in store front windows. Our hotel phone had speed dial buttons to different services in the hotel; room service, concierge, evening/massage...that last one had an icon of a woman next to it.
Montreal is the only city I've ever seen where homeless people had dogs. I don't understand how they can afford them, but I'm sure its nice to have a companion you can count on when the going is always rough.
The city had a series of underground passages focused around their light rail system (the trains had tires! like busses on tracks). The tunnels were like underground malls with fast food, restaurants, and stores throughout. It was pretty neat. I'm sure its a nice way to get to work when its -8 degrees Celsius outside. I didn't see many homeless people down there. I guess that's regulated.
Everything was really expensive there due to the free healthcare. 15% on everything!!! I think we could have gotten some of that back through customs...we just didn't know how and didn't have much time to find out.
Overall Montreal was a really neat city. I would definitely like to go back to visit again, though I'll have to checkout Vancouver first.
2 comments:
Nice! now all that post needed was a couple photos- for instance, the trains with tires woulda been a good shot, also a tasteful photo of a homeless man playing with his dog or something. Did you guys use the 'woman' button on the speed dial? i knew a couple who did that once on law and order, except they went to jail, and i really didnt know them actually aside from the relationship created on screen. Whats that? oh yes- vancouver is on my soon to hit list also, not just because they have herbsmokin lounges either!
Pooba was born in Cali! Sh*t I forgot that!
yeah, I know, we have a serious lack of photos from our trip to Montreal. We were busy doing something else. Enjoying ourselves or something. I can blame part of it on myself forgetting my compact flash card...oops.
Yes...Vancouver with the smoke...nice...
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