Our planning for the day was simple - visit Old Montreal. We headed for the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal which was dedicated in 1829. As Canada was not bombed during World War 2, its historic buildings did not suffer the damage inflicted across Europe.
The Old City is near the St Lawrence River where pleasure craft are moored and our cruise ship will berth. There are a few attractions by the river such a zipline, but winter weather limits their use for several months each year. In many ways Montreal is more French than France - this vintage Citroën is parked outside the Riva restaurant.
Today is the first day of fall but the leaves on some trees have already changed colour.
A lot of the shops and restaurants in Old Montreal target American tourists by selling souvenirs and burgers. Here are a couple of photos of the area where the interesting boutiques compete with shops selling crass T-shirts for tourists. Hopefully Anita was contemplating a boutique.
We headed away from the tourist area and enjoyed a pleasant lunch at Brasserie 701, where there were no burgers on the menu and the bread was
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