Oh Canada!

Jennah, Mckay and I decided to take a little roadtrip up to Montreal for Memorial day weekend!!! Jennah and I had both Friday and Monday off so we decided to head up Thursday right after work!




It was both Jennah and Mckay's first time to the "Great White North" and they enjoyed having fun with that by saying "You have _____ in Canada"?? (Fill in the blank with whatever you can think of...cars, roads, malls, parks, pizza, TV, etc.)

Friday we (and by we I mean mostly Mckay) slept in and headed downtown in the afternoon. We drove by the Olympic Stadium and then headed to St. Catherines street to walk around. We got some poutine from La Belle Province. Jennah wasn't the biggest fan (no surprise there...she isn't the most daring when it comes to food).
And I of course had to get a "Steamé All-dress" hot dog...which is a steamed hot dog with mustard, relish, onions and coleslaw at La Bell Province.


Mckay was so proud to see his name plastered all over this place in the middle of Montreal. We didn't go in...but I found out later it was the first place my dad ever tried Montreal's Smoke Meat.

Apparently Canada is "going green" also.

After walking around St. Catherines we headed up to Mount-Royal to look out at the city. We actually had a great time just hanging out and people watching. There were a bunch of guys skate boarding and it was fun watching them.

It is pointing to St-Bruno - my home town! Mckay and Jennah started calling St. Bruno "Bethoven 2nd" - Don't ask.

I lovvvve Jennah! Aren't we just the cutest girls ever!?!! :)

I mean...Seriously!

We couldn't resist gossiping with the girls in Old Montreal.

The weather was perfect all weekend. Not too hot, not too cold. And the sun was out pretty much all weekend! We walked around the old port on Saturday...
And I made sure to introduce Jennah and Mckay to our oh-so-gooooooooood Beaver Tails. They pretty much fell in love with them. I think it was one of their favorite things about the trip.
We of course had to go see the Notre-Dame basillica. Jennah is the biggest Celine Dion fan so she was excited to see the church where she was married in! Some nice guy offered to take our picture for us.....Then after taking the picture he proceeded to ask for some change for a coffee or food. He did not even look homeless. Scammers. I can't stand them.

I always love going to old Montreal when I come home for a visit. I just love the atmosphere and the European touch it has.


"Arret, Arret" - I think I heard Jennah say that oh...maybe about a million times over the course of the weekend. Pretty sure it was her FAVORITE thing to say! She pretty much loved the stop signs in Quebec.

After old Montreal....we got some good greek food and then headed to the St. Joseph's Oratory.
People come from all over the place to clime the stairs (that you see in the background) on their knees and say a prayer at each step. They usually do this if they need to be healed or need some kind of special blessing. We actually saw someone doing this when we got there. It looked so painful. In the Oratory there is an area where people have hung up all their crutches and canes from being healed.

Just admiring the sunset and the view from the Oratory.

So - Sunday. We went to church and stopped by the temple.....and then Jennah and I decided to take a walk to a nearby park.




Of course Jennah and I acted like we were 5 years old and hopped on everything. Well, I sat on that green turtle...and I went all the way back and then all the way forward and then flipped right off the front of it and landed on my back! Not to mention I ripped my slit in my skirt all the way up to my booty. ha ha.

We went back after dinner and I was SO much better after changing into shorts and having learned from my prior experience. I'm almost like a pro now.

This tree trunk has been here for a long time! I remember it from when I was a kid. It was a lot of fun to go play in my old park...made me feel like a kid again!

I love swinging!!! Mckay and Jennah decided they wanted to jump off...but since I didn't want to hurt myself since my run was coming up soon I kept refusing to do it. But they finally convinced me to do a little jump off the swings....
And on the count of 3, I started to jump off. Only thing....I wasn't coming off the swing very fast...there was something holding me back! Turns out...my shorts got stuck in the swing and they ripped ALL the way down my leg! I'm talking ALL the way down.....
From my hip to the very bottom! What the crap! 2 incidents in 1 day!! My wardrobe was getting smaller by the minute! Luckily it was still connected at the top by an inch so all i had to do was wrap my sweater around my leg so not everything was hanging out and continued on our walk...


Monday we were heading back to the U.S. of A....but we had one final stop to make!

I wanted Smoke Meat so bad. So we drove into Montreal and went to Schwartz to enjoy some Montreal smoke meat! Best stuff EVER!!

It was a way fun weekend! I think Jennah and Mckay had a good time too! Yay for Montreal! :)