4 November 2018

IMG 1229 The Official Visit Photo IMG 1230 Sunny day outside 630 Roslyn in Westmont (taken while waiting for Christophe Perey to pick us up) IMG 1232 the aspen near the school yard IMG 1234 Christine in Westmount
IMG 4174 Starting our tour of the renovated Montreal port/waterfront IMG 4176 chair art IMG 1236 L to R: Christine, Nadine, Christophe, and Greg. It was cold! IMG 4178 walking
IMG 1237 someone important IMG 1239 Museum of Old Montreal IMG 1240 Peak inside (facilities super clean!) IMG 1241 very French (city hall of Old Montreal)
IMG 1243 uncertain about where to head for lunch IMG 4179 Found a bar/pub style place where people have their meals wearing woolen hats IMG 4180 Nadine and Christophe discuss the menu options IMG 4182 Decisions taken!
IMG 4183 Poutine (a traditional Quebecois dish of French fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy) will be ordered! IMG 4184 eggs and avocado for Christine IMG 4186 Nadine reported that this place serves a first class poutine! IMG 1245 Crepes, asparagus and potatoes
IMG 4185 Greg's lunch choice: fried chicken and waffles IMG 4188 We set out to locate Marcel Poete's grave in the cemetery on Mont Royal, a challenge that proved more difficult than anticipated IMG 4189 the gates of Mont Royal Cemetery IMG 4190 the office was closed on Sunday (what?) and while the database confirms she is buried here, the plot is not given!
IMG 1246 cemetery gate from the inside where we stood, disappointed IMG 1247 OK. When all else fails, take a selfie to commemorate the visit IMG 4192 Then we headed to the Oratoire Saint-Joseph. Greg made a joke about climbing stairs on his knees only to find out that it was true! it's a steep walk up the Oratory's 283 stairs IMG 4193 while climbing the steps to the summit
IMG 1249 Oratoire Saint-Joseph IMG 1250 looking north from the front of the Oratory IMG 1251 travelers at the highest point in Montreal IMG 1252 Looking over what is otherwise a very flat landscape
IMG 1253 and to the West, it is also flat IMG 4195 modern interior IMG 1255 poured concrete and an organ which was playing when we entered IMG 4198 Saint-Joseph
IMG 4200 Patron saint of the dying IMG 1256 dome IMG 4204 We caught a train West to Laval and met Philippe P who took us to his house for an evening with his kids and Judith IMG 1257 scans from 1998: Nikki, William and Katherine (younger Greg!)
IMG 1258 l to r: Richard (?), maybe Christophe's son, Vivi and Christophe (1998) IMG 1261 Elisabeth, Remi, William and Richard IMG 1262 formal kids-on-couch portrait IMG 1263 take your pick
IMG 4205 Philippe in his patriarch chair (looks like Christine remembers his dad!) IMG 4206 great story teller (also like his father!) IMG 1259 from long ago (1998? or earlier) Francis, Philippe and Edmond