mybigadventures.com

Whilst Dani has been finishing her marking, I thought I'd add a bit more content to the site. During our American adventure in 2013, the site was down and so there was no blog content. When I redeveloped the site a couple of years ago, I uploaded the photo albums but was a bit disappointed there was no description of our trip that I could link. However, on each of our big adventures -  Europe, America and Japan, we have kept a journal, which we've later turned into a photo book. So today I added the journal entries to the site and linked them into the relevant albums. It's still a work in progress, but should be complete over the next day or so, then I might look to do the same with Europe and Japan. You can find all the new entries under July and August 2013, or by following the tag #America2013

Another school year is over, I think that makes 8 now! The sun is shining, the sky is blue, it's time for the holidays to begin. Let the good times roll! Have a great summer everybody and keep an eye out for the updates - we fly on Monday!

We got up a little later than usual today - I think the warm weather is wearing us out! So we decided to get brunch instead of breakfast. We went to a relatively nearby restaurant, famed for it's brunches - 'Eggspectations'. I had the 'All American' breakfast (a variation on an English breakfast) and Dani had pancakes, with bacon and eggs. From there, we were heading through the city towards la Fontain park and le Mont Royal today. The journey there was also going to take us through an area of interest marked out on our map, so we decided to walk. After breakfast we made our away across town towards the parks. once in the area we took a walk down Deluth Avenue which is much quieter and partially pedestrianised. There were lots of Grafitti murals covering the walls throughout the area, including some huge pieces that covered the sides of large buildings. 

At the end of Deluth avenue we reached La Fontain Park. We had a walk around the park stopping to take some photos of the dragonflies that were darting about around the edge of the lake. We sat for a while on some benches and then after a bit more of a wander, we decided to head for Mont Royal. We walked along Rue Rachel, stopping off to buy some more water before heading into the park. It turned out to be a bit of a climb, more than we had anticipated given we were already feeling tired but we percevered following signs for a suspended cafe. The cafe wasn't quite what we antipated, but neverthless it was at a nice viewing point down acorss Montreal, and we were able to get some cold lemonade to drink. Whilst we were sitting we noticed a bit of a fuss just down from the cafe, and after a quick look we saw a family of racoons. I was a bit late getting there with the camera but I did manage to get a couple before they disappeared back into the woods.

After the cafe, we walked up the hill a little further to the giant cross that sits at the top, and then we headed back down and walked back to the hotel. We were feeling pretty knackered by the time we got back having covered quite a distance. We had a rest for a bit before going out for tea a bit later on. We decided to go to a place we had walked past yesterday - Brit and Chips. It ended up being just what we needed after a long day, the restaurant is set up inside just like a normal chip shop with some tables around to sit at. It would be fair to say, that the fish and chips is amongst the best we've had. They do a range of different fish and chip meals, and whilst I went for a pretty standard code and chips, Dani had a Haddock in a maple syrup batter! Back at the hotel, I uploaded a few more photos and updated the website. It's our last day in Montreal tomorrow!