after finally arriving in montreal shortly after 11 p.m. on friday, geoff, sunny, chris and i hit the "happening" area of montreal. we found a patio to have some drinks and late night snacks, and do some general people-watching. just when i thought that 2 a.m. was a late enough night, the boys decided they wanted to smoke some shee-sha's (did i spell that right?). so off we went, and tried something new. pictures to come! it wasn't really my thing....even though it was apple-flavoured, i didn't like the licorice aftertaste it left in my mouth. chris and geoff really enjoyed themselves though :)
on saturday we walked around old montreal and along st. catherine's street. even though montreal is supposed to be a great shopping mecca, i didn't find anything for myself. i tried, and i tried, but i just didn't find anything. oh well, no biggie. for dinner, we headed to buona notte..... while the food was very good and worth every cent (i had the calamari and the roasted chicken w/marsala sauce), the real reason people (er, men in particular) dine there is for the hot servers in the red dresses. i have to save that we were privy to a LOT of cleavage action that night :P
apparently a trip to montreal isn't complete unless you've had the montreal smoked meat at schwartz's. so on sunday, that's where we headed for lunch. i admit that i was skeptical at first (i've never been a fan of the stuff), but it was actually quite good (and cheap!). the best part of the meal was the very large dill pickle....yum! that day we also did more (window) shopping, as well as driving up mont royale, and checking out mcgill university.
on sunday evening, chris and i said farewell (again) to geoff and sunny, as we headed to the via rail station for a train ride to quebec city. we were both super impressed with our train.....the seats were very roomy, lots of leg room, and the headrest provided enough support so you didn't keep falling over :) nice! once we arrived in QC, we wandered around in the hopes of finding some delish french food. instead, we ended up at Times and ate italian food.....pizza and pasta.
in hindsight, chris and i probably could've spent 1.5 days in quebec city instead of 2.5.....we walked around all of old quebec city, rode the funiculaire, saw chateau frotenac and did a bunch of shopping. my quirkiest purchase was made at Crocs. yes, those weird looking light-weight shoes. i bought 3 pairs :P the salesguy saw "sucker" written all over my face. i was mesmerized buy the weird designs and the array of colours! i bought white/green flip-flops, black mary janes, and pink "roman" shoes that i can only describe as weird. this particular model is only made in quebec city and they don't have plans to distribute it elsewhere (or so i was told).
apparently a trip to montreal isn't complete unless you've had the montreal smoked meat at schwartz's. so on sunday, that's where we headed for lunch. i admit that i was skeptical at first (i've never been a fan of the stuff), but it was actually quite good (and cheap!). the best part of the meal was the very large dill pickle....yum! that day we also did more (window) shopping, as well as driving up mont royale, and checking out mcgill university.
on sunday evening, chris and i said farewell (again) to geoff and sunny, as we headed to the via rail station for a train ride to quebec city. we were both super impressed with our train.....the seats were very roomy, lots of leg room, and the headrest provided enough support so you didn't keep falling over :) nice! once we arrived in QC, we wandered around in the hopes of finding some delish french food. instead, we ended up at Times and ate italian food.....pizza and pasta.
in hindsight, chris and i probably could've spent 1.5 days in quebec city instead of 2.5.....we walked around all of old quebec city, rode the funiculaire, saw chateau frotenac and did a bunch of shopping. my quirkiest purchase was made at Crocs. yes, those weird looking light-weight shoes. i bought 3 pairs :P the salesguy saw "sucker" written all over my face. i was mesmerized buy the weird designs and the array of colours! i bought white/green flip-flops, black mary janes, and pink "roman" shoes that i can only describe as weird. this particular model is only made in quebec city and they don't have plans to distribute it elsewhere (or so i was told).
everywhere we went, i tried the french onion soup, but the best soup i had was at le charles bellairge in quebec city. we went to town for this dinner.....i obviously had the soup, then i had the shrimp, scampi and scallops (the trilogy) with vegetables and rice, followed by the african pineapple mousse. chris had the chicken liver appetizer, cream of asparagus soup, fois gras, rabbit stuffed with figs, and their signature maple and praline creme brulee. needless to say, by the end of the meal, chris' shirt buttons were ready to burst :-) that was a VERY enjoyable meal.
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