"I'm sorry, I don't speak Quebecois"

Fun fact of the day: Did you know Montreal is an island?

I sure didn't, and I felt rather stupid when the incredibly helpful woman at the tourist bureau informed us of that fact. Way to know Canadian geography, Lauren.


So we're on Day 3 of our cross-Canada road trip, having clocked about 1300km thus far. As planned, we made it from Liverpool to Quebec City in about 13 hours, and camped that night. The dinner of hot dogs and s'mores cooked over the fire was long overdue.

Yesterday we spent the morning in Vieux Quebec, wandering around the citadel, and through the old streets. It was really, really beautiful! We left Quebec early afternoon, and made it to Montreal about 4 hours later after dealing with the worst. traffic. ever. But it gave us a chance to take a picture of our packed-full car in action.

We stayed in an old elementary boarding school turned hostel in a slightly sketchy area north of downtown Montreal. Wandered around a bit, and had a drink at a super fun bar in the "chic" area (as recommended to us by the wonderful tourist info lady).

Today we've walked all over Montreal, mostly fueled by the food we felt we had to experience while in the city: A Fairmont bagel, a smoked meat sandwich, and a beavertail for dessert. We also wandered around Vieux Montreal, and along the water. Now we're off to window shop in downtown, then to a campsite for tonight (about 50 minutes outside of Montreal towards Ottawa).

Tomorrow is our second big day of driving - all the way to my Nonna and Nonno's house outside St. Catherine's Ontario. I'm excited to end the day with some of my favourite Italian food!!