To Montreal

The Captain and I got to use work as an excuse go on a business trip to Montreal this week.




I'm pretty sure the foliage in northern New England is at peak at the moment, making our drive to Canada just breathtakingly gorgeous.



Most of these foliage photos were taken in Maine and New Hampshire. (Some were taken from the moving car, as you can probably tell:) But we did pull over a couple of times to take stretch our legs and take pictures.



This picture above is from Vermont as we cut the corner of the north-eastern state, right before crossing the border into Canada. We stopped, and heard our first "Bonjour" as the border patrol agent quizzed us about where we live (always hard to answer), where we are going, and for how long. Fortunately a very brief stop:)



Much of our drive in Canada it was raining, but I enjoyed looking at the farm land, then entering the city of Montreal, which we found out, is the second largest french speaking city in the western world, after Paris. People seem to speak and understand English well, but most signs out and about are in French.



Our hotel room at Hotel St. Paul is very very nice.



It feels like we are on a romantic little getaway, instead of being here on business.



And so, we are determined to make this trip into both business and pleasure.



A romantic dinner at Le Local (so perfect in every way) and an evening walk was a great way to start our stay in Montreal. Stay tuned for our next post(s) from Montreal.

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Kapteeni ja minä ajoimme upean ruskaisen Uuden Englannin läpi Kanadaan tällä viikolla. Alkupostauksen kuvat ovat Mainestä ja New Hampshirestä, ja rajan ylitimme Vermontin kohdalla. Kanadassa ruska tuntuu olevan jo ohi, mutta kaunis on maaseutu vieläkin. Työt toivat meidät Montrealiin, mutta olemme myös nauttineet kahdenkeskeisestä viikonlopusta romanttisessa hotellissa ja suurkaupungissa. Postaus jatkuu seuraavassa numerossa...