2-3 November 2018 to Montreal

IMG 4162 Does this look like a woman ready for an adventure? Yes, but a heavily ladden one! IMG 1180 A going-away treat for a man with a sweet tooth... IMG 1181 a sweet pastry snail (an "escargot") in French! IMG 4164 Ten hours and an ocean away, we check into our room at David and Amelie's charming home in Montreal (Westmont neighborhood)
IMG 4165 An old multi-story with beautiful and bright touches, like this modern kitchen and casual dining area IMG 4167 first dinner (baked chicken) with David and Amelie IMG 1182 indeed, as was rumored, there is a motorcycle (and the grandfather's grandfather clock from Clarens) in the parlor! IMG 1183 looking the other way. Beautifully apppointed salon
IMG 1184 staircase IMG 1185 a former plant room converted to a media room (next to casual dinning area and opposite the kitchen) IMG 1186 fully equipped kitchen IMG 1187 breakfast
IMG 1188 Then we went out for a walk through McGill campus. It was not just wet, it was raining. But the show must go on (here there's a movie being shot) IMG 1189 old buildings on the McGill campus where Francis and Bernard went to school in the early to mid'1950s IMG 1191 pseudo castle from the "old country" IMG 1192 looking for the physics building
IMG 1193 equipped for the weather (no bad weather, just bad equipment choices) IMG 1194 ground is soaked IMG 1195 named after the discoverer of the electron (but this building was errected long after Francis was gone) IMG 1196 Montreal sous pluie -grey and cold
IMG 1198 Francis possibly saw this in his time IMG 1200 main administration building IMG 1201 rain tears off the leaves which make a pretty carpet everywhere IMG 1202 McGill himself, on his way forward (what a busy guy!)
IMG 4171 sculpture of university life (not like this in Francis' era!) IMG 1203 then we wandered (to warm up) into the book store across the street. Local poet section IMG 1204 titles of note IMG 1205 author whose life is the basis for a new movie, Indian Horse, which we recently watched
IMG 1206 titles of note IMG 1207 titles of note IMG 1208 titles of note IMG 1209 titles of note
IMG 1210 2747 Maplewood (now Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit) in Montreal, across the street from McGill campus. This is the second building in which Helen (mother), Patrick, (Paulo?), Marie-France and Claire shared apartment number 14 IMG 1211 interior of the entrance IMG 1212 looking out front door of 2747 Maplewood IMG 1213 maybe they looked out these windows
IMG 1215 2027 Maplewood (now Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit) in Montreal. the building in which Francis and Claire moved January 1958 after they were married and in which they lived in appt 12 and to which newborn Christine went to live the first year of life IMG 1216 2027 Maplewood (now Boulevard Édouard-Montpetit) in Montreal IMG 1217 has it changed? IMG 1218 from the window during a (dry) driving tour around Montreal
IMG 1220 with a stop at the Atwater Market IMG 1221 for a Northerly place, this market has great looking produce IMG 1222 and Swiss inspired chocolates IMG 1224 light reading in the back seat
IMG 1225 a formal dinner back at the Cronin's begins with cream-based soup made in the ThermoMax IMG 1226 with one of David's Montreal friends