This is the 9th of a series of posts dealing with
my fourth trip to Eastern Canada. I’ve made minor corrections to these reports.
Also, I’ve added additional thoughts with the hindsight of a year later or to
add further clarification. These are
indicated by “NOW”. After I booked the trip I unexpectedly had to move and was
staying at a friend’s place at the time of the trip, so I was already pretty
tired before the trip back.
Buss=es/metros all STM. Went for another
walk last night including Couche Tard. I woke up feeling pretty pretty stiff
and sore though luckily that gradually passed as the day progressed. I walked
along Ste-Catherine to Station Place-des-Arts, then took the Green Line of the
metro there back to the hostel for breakfast.
After breakfast I wandered Ste-Catherine again, only this time I
actually went in Place Montréal Trust, Montreal Eaton Centre, and Complexe Les
Ailes, which I kept passing. I relaxed for a little bit at Place Jeanne-Mance,
Place des festivals, then wandered to the the Old Montreal, grabbing a drink at
the Couche Tard at Station Place d’Armes en route. I also visited the Place
d'Armes itself. I wandered to a bit of
the outside of Montreal Science Centre at the port area of Old Montreal, then visited
Place Jacques Cartier and the smaller Place Vauquelin before wandering the
large field of Champ de Mars.
[NOW: STM is short for Société de
transport de Montréal. Hostel is Auberge Bishop, now closed.]
I walked to Station Champ-de-Mars and
took an Orange Line train back to Station Cartier in Laval where I bought some
DVDs at a SuperClub Vidéotron; I think I actually fooled the guy at the counter
into thinking I was francophone, as he pointed out a DVD that said "Anglais
seulement". I crossed Pont Viau back to Montreal and soon got a westbound
69 bus which terminated near Pont Lachapelle. There I crossed back to Laval (by
crossing back to Montreal and then back to Laval I saved money as I could use
my 3-day pass). I bought DVDs at another
SuperClub Vidéotron and had lunch at Bellerive. I crossed the same bridge
(pont) back to Montreal and took a 180 bus to Station Sauvé. I took an Orange
Line train to Station Mont-Royal and walked along Rue Mont Royal, visiting Dollarama,
Le Colisee Du Livre, and a video store, then doubled back and got some more
DVDs at a SuperClub Vidéotron.
[NOW: The second and third SuperClub Vidéotrons above, Bellerive Pizzeria, and Le Colisee Du Livre have closed. The unnamed video store is Le
Cinoche.]
I took a 93 bus back to Station Mont-Royal
station, an Orange line from there to Berri-UQAM, and a Green Line train from
there to Station Place-des-Arts. In the RÉSO (Underground City) I visited an
Archambault before relaxing at the Place des festivals at Place Jeanne-Mance. It started to pour briefly so I took a Green
Line train from Station Place-des-Arts to Station Peel, walked to a store that turned
out to be gone, then walked to Ste-Catherine, by which point the rain had died
down. I got a frosty drink at a Jean Coutu and walked back to Place Jeanne
Mance/Place des Festivals.
It was hot again and a young woman in a white
shirt entered the water jets, making her shirt quite see-through (she was wearing
a bra). She briefly took off her shirt to wring it out. I relaxed there a bit
longer and then took a Green Line train from there to Berri-UQAM and a Yellow
Line train to Jean Drapeau. The water jets there still weren't working and that
area was taped off. I took a Yellow Line
train back to Berri-UQAM and an Orange Line train back to Station Champ-de-Mars. I walked through the Old Montreal to the
waterfront, rested there a bit, and then returned to the Station via Place
Jacques Cartier, Place Vauquelin, and Champ de Mars itself. I took an Orange Line
train back to Berri-UQAM and a Green Line train back to Place des Arts. No
water jets this time, and back to baggage check.
I walked along Ste Catherine to A&W,
and then took a Green Line train from Berri-UQAM to Guy Concordia and from
there walked to the hostel. I barely managed to pack everything in, my larger
bag being in Toronto with Aidan.
I went for one final Ste-Catherine walk,
including Jean Coutu and Pharmaprix (Shoppers Drug Mart where I got lemon-line
flavoured bottle, partly to have a bottle to fill with tap water for the
Megabus trip.
[NOW: And then of course I returned to
Auberge Bishop.]
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