This is the eighth in a series of posts covering my trip to Eastern Canada in September 2019, adapting emails originally sent to friends. I use NOW to refer to any updates since I did the trip.
Some trip days get out of hand and all you can do is ride the wave. Heard
some of the concert a block over plus people whooping it up afterward.
Someone in my room was doing some power snoring. It was raining in the
morning. Walked to where the Illuminated Crowd sculpture is suppose to
be but as I suspected it was either gone or covered by construction.
[NOW: I left from the now-closed Auberge Bishop.]
I
returned to the hostel for breakfast. The TV had Friends and the radio
had music that clashed with the TV. One address on my itinerary didn't
look right and since the connection at the hostel is slow, lost a bit of
time correcting that. Walked to Station de Métro Lucien-d'Allier and
took an Orange Line train to Station de Métro Place-d'Armes (all transportation
today STM) and walked to the Old Montreal for some photos with few
people around. Returning to the station, I took another Orange train to
Station de Métro Côte-Vertu. Due to construction I got confused trying
to find the right bus stop but finally did. I took an 84 bus north to
near the Ottawa River. I crossed the same bridge to Laval that I did in
my first visit in 2013. I still recalled from that visit that the street
curves left and if you continue forward you wind up non another street.
I did a very long hike along boul. Cure-Labelle, longer than I should
have attempted really. One bridge I had to enter a dormant construction
zone to pass over. I did briefly step on a nail. I finally found the
Superclub Vidéotron. Mostly anglophone DVDs you can get elsewhere so I
passed. I doubled-back through that bridge and turned on to St-Martin
where I had lunch at a McDonald's. Kiosk worked. I actually misplaced
the coupons but now had the number memorized. Not far was Cosmos BD
(comics). I hiked to the more or less nearby Terminus Montmercy where I
took another Orange Line train to Station de Métro Cartier. Bought some
DVDs from a nearby Superclub Vidéotron, the only one in fact that's a
repeat from past years. The closing of most of them plus the off season
weather is why I've been doing the longer walks rather than the more fun
sticking closer to Montreal; last chance to see. I would have liked to
have crossed the Ottawa River on foot but was way behind schedule so
returned to Cartier. Accidentally went the wrong way one stop to Station
de Métro de-la-Concorde, but then I corrected and got off at Station de
Métro Jean-Talon.
There I transferred to a Blue
line and got off at Station de Métro Snowdon. I'm pretty sure I was
there before for unrelated reasons to this time. Recognized the
McDonald's. Visited Komico, then returned to Snowdon and took it to
Station de Métro St-Michel. i was going to take the 141 bus but with
the day I was having was worried I'd take it the wrong way. In fact I
did get turned around a few times before finding the Jean Talon branch
of 1000000 Comix.
I was going to take the 129
bus south but hit construction yet again and wasn't sure which stops
were still active. So even though I bumped it from the itinerary
yesterday I ended up seeing the Biodome at Olympic Park after all. With
all the construction I admit to have entertained the thought of taking
off to Trudeau Airport and flying home, but I shall at persevere.
At
Station de Métro Pie-X I took the Green line train to Station de Métro
de-Serres. I walked along Wellington (which ha\d a street fair for two
small blocks to Superclub Vidéotron, but it closed for the day at 5
and it was just after 5. I could return tomorrow but I doubt it. In
fact, having done this power walks outside of STM range, tomorrow I want
to focus on places I've visited previously, so I've bumped a couple of
things and just having a low key day tomorrow.
[NOW: I never made it back and that Superclub has now closed.]
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