MONTREAL - Canada -

Montreal was more like Paris, I think. But mixed NY, too. After I got the subway station, I tried to look for the B&B seeing the route memo by internet. Where?? I was lost again. I was the place where the memo showed. However here was a laundromat in stead of B&B. Why? I walked around here and there carrying a heavy luggage. Although I called B&B, nobody was there. What should I do? I gave up to see the memo, looked for the address. Actually, B&B was very near the subway station!! I couldn't believe that. OK. I was very tired, anyway. I stayed in the room for a minute, and went into the bathroom. Guess what? The rocked nob didn't move!!! The key looked very old. I shouted out many times. But nobody didn't answer. I must stay in the bathroom all night? Oh, God! "Help me, please!" As I knocked the door again and again, the rock was opened by shake. I was tired more and more......

Although I had planed going around old town, I didn't want to move anymore. So, I was sitting on the bench in the St-Louis Square in front of B&B. While I was drawing, a strange man talked to me. He was riding a wheelchair. As I was a little bit scared, I didn't want to talk with him so much at first. But he kept smiling and talking to me. And then I understood he couldn't move so much by himself. I drew his face and show him that. As he seemed to be glad, I also felt happy a little bit. Another strange guy talked to him and introduced him his young girlfriend. They seemed to meet to each other first time. But I felt it was natural. In spite of weekday afternoon, many different people were in the park. After dinner, I was staying for a while before I went back to B&B.

Parc Mont-Royal was a mountain. Probably I should have taken a bus. However, when I noticed that, I had already walked too much. Very long steps was just in front of me. I stepped the mountain with strange high school students for 20 minutes. After I got the top, I was too tired to move for a while. Some foreigners came from different way (maybe parking lots or bus stop). The park is designed by the same gardener of Central Park in NY. I see, it looked like NY. I thought the houses and people were similar to NY. Because many different culture are mixed in the both cities. Although I was a foreigner and a tourist in Montreal, nobody knows if I live there, I think. NY, too.

My favorite was that park in front of B&B. Around streets were nice, too! For example, Blvd. St-Lauent and Rue St-Denis were exciting streets. Many restaurants and cafe, most shops were old buildings with exterior staircases. Rue Arthur and Rue Duluth were so pretty, too. I had dinner at a Greek restaurant on Rue Duluth. It was so delicious!! A lot of exotic restaurants were there. If you like drinking wine, watch out! We have to buy a bottle of wine by ourselves before visiting restaurant in Montreal.