Things that one doesn’t think about.. but is different about this city!!
- Warm up to shopping in the Underground City
- Ride the funicular to the top of the leaning tower over the Olympic Stadium, part of the ‘legacy’ from the 1976 Games, and the city’s best viewpoint.
- Eating the best bagel around at St Viateur and Fairmont Bagels
- Having dinner at the Delta Centre-Ville with one of the best views in the city.
- Hanging out in the Old Port in Montreal.
- Go check out the stars in
- the Planetarium
- See a show at Place Des Arts
- Good music at the Montreal Symphony Orchestra or McGill Student Orchestra
- Speaking of McGill, tour the grounds and explore the campus.
- Go skating in the Atrium.I’ve done this once and I know I won’t do it again but hey it is something fun to do!
- BioDome and Botanical Gardens…in the winter … I don’t know about that!
- Eat a Foie Gras poutine, have two steamies at La Belle Province and then head to Schwartz or Rubens for Smoked Meat.
- Go smoke shisha and have turkish coffee with some of Lebanese food on the continent.
- Sit in the horse drawn sleigh rides in Mont Royal
- Food touring in Jean Talon market…and have a poutine in there!
- Sugar shacking in Mont Tremblant.
- Have coffee at Second Cup at Stanley St and St Catherines
- Go for the lunch buffet at Chez Paree! ha!
- Bar Hopping on Crescent St
- Go paddle boating in Beaver Park, or Jean Drapeau park or the Old Port
- How about clubbing on St Laurent and have a pint at Vol De Nuit and then some pitchers at Annie’s and then go dancing and hang off the rafters at Le Lodge
- Biking on the Lachine Canal
- Climb Mont Royal and hike through the forest at the top
- See Montreal from Notre Dame Basillica and the view at Snowdon
- Go shopping during the St Laurent Street Sale
- Boustan and Amirs on De Maissoneuve, nothing else needs to be said.
- Have dinner at O’Noirs….
I guess most things I can associate with Montreal is food. Now I’m determined to have dinner at O’Noirs… and I guess time to start Toronto F’n’C…