Montreal

We caught the train from Toronto to Montreal, the trip was approximately 5 and a half hours, so we arrived at about 2:30. We had intended to go on the Old Montreal Ghost Tour, but neither Weggie or I were feeling up to it after travelling on a train all day, so instead we went to the movies and saw Step Up.
It was quite strange being in Montreal, becuase i knew that there would be people speaking French when we got there, but I didn't think that French was going to be the main language, so much so that all the signs and such were in French and if you were lucky there was the occassional English Translation.
Anyway we went back to the hostel after the movie and had an early night.

The next morning after a sleep in, we went to the Library to update our blog, which proved problematic becuase the computer kept on freezing every time we tried to load a photograph. After the library we travelled to the pier where we would be taking the Old Montreal Ghost Tour.

We had an early dinner and listened to a live musician doing a whole list of popular cover songs, before buying tickets for the Ghost Tour.
The Ghost Tour was a bit of a let down, becuase rather than being taken to old buildings in Montreal and told the history of them, the tour ended up being self guided, and you walked to 4 stops on the water front where actors were dressed up in make up and costume, and did a short monologue on ghosts of Montreal.
The whole thing was kinda lame, but i do have to give credit where credit's due... it can't be easy having to play the rolls to an unresponsive audience. Especially an audience who is cut that they've just paid $16 for a tour which turns out to be self guided. They deffinitely need to advertise better what their offering, because I'm sure Weggie and i wouldn't have done that tour if we'd realised what it was. Having said that, once we got over the shock, it was an enjoyable evening, and the second "Ghost" that we saw was quite funny.


After the tour, Weggie and i went on a horse drawn carriage ride around Old Montreal, where we finally got to see some of the sights and building that Montreal is so well known for.
All in all Montreal was a bit of a bust, but at least i can say I've been there now, and I don't really feel the need to go back.