Montreal Notre Dame and the FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL de JAZZ
Started our day with French breakfast at La Cartet.
Kat was quite happy with her café au lait bowl I ordered her. Said it was the best coffee she ever had.
Walked along the park and water in Old Montreal.
We'd purchased some fancy food items from Le Cartet, most of it made it back to the USA. TSA confiscated the ground cherry jam...
I knew a Chinese lunch in Chinatown would please Kat. I'd bookmarked a place on yelp a few months back.
Dumplings are made to order.
These dumplings were really good, and cheap too! $7.99 per 15, extra $1.50 if you want them pan fried.
Kat also had some "soup-in" dumplings, that also had soup out...
(I know the pic is sideways)
We went back for more Summer Weizen.
and the kids loved the French Onion Soup at Nyk's Bistro. The soup was not so salty like so many places prepare it here (USA)
It just so happened to be Montreal International Festival de Jazz while we where there. This is a free event, no tickets required (to most of the shows). And YES, that is carpet on the floor, and sofas and coffee tables and table service... a festival goer could get used to this sort of luxury.
Riot and the Blue Devils
Katy Guillen & The Girls
Ibrahim Electric really impressed everybody in the tent. Rock, Jazz and Funk... some great extended jams... #1 son bought a CD from the band after the show. Kat had them sign it.
We got the kids crepes to eat for dinner back at the W, and some macaroons that had been acquired earlier in the day...
We found local beers at Brutopia and had some good food from Otto there at the W (below)
We were just about the only people in Otto. We chatted with the staff and the Chef came out and gave us instructions on where we could buy the local cheeses featured on their cheese board. We did get lunch at the Atwater Market, and we did buy cheese, but in a series of mishaps and errors, did not bring back any of that delicious cheese. #1 son did purchase some Challerhocker, and that did make it past the TSA, but I can buy that cheese here at the Central Market. BUT I did find the rental car keys and did find my ipad, both had been misplaced for a brief but stressful moment of time. But all's well that ends well. we packed it up and made the short drive to USA (Vermont)