Our small group in Canada includes close friends from high school days when we went to St. Theresa's College, San Marcelino. We were a close knit class, and a cluster of us in the back row were closer still, bonded by the secret notes we passed around during class hours and our occasional giggling fits. The friendship has remained through the years. It is amazing. Sometimes we go for years not seeing one another, but when we are together it's as if time had stood still.
Today after a seven hour drive with stops from Toronto, we made it to Montreal before dark. It had rained in Toronto and we wondered if Canada really is this cold, even in the summer. But fortunately when we arrived Montreal, the sun was up and even the slight nip in the air did not dampen our excitement.
Right now we are lounging in Evelyn's lovely fourth floor condominium with a breathtaking view of downtown Montreal and the St. Lawrence river. We'd finished a bottle of champagne, had a great chicken dinner and leftover Chinese dimsum, had choice cheeses, salad with pomegranate dressing, oven-hot French baguette. One will never go hungry in Evelyn's abode. Her refrigerator overflows with gourmet eatables -- blueberries, strawberries, cherimoya, cherries, chocolates, cheeses the list goes on.
The plan is to go on a city tour of Montreal, and we are hoping the weather will cooperate.
Bon nuit!
Cecilia from Montreal
For your enjoyment, Here are all the links to the Canada blog entries:
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http://cbrainard.blogspot.ca/2013/08/together-again-together-forever.html
http://cbrainard.blogspot.com/2013/08/onward-to-south-america-japan-safari-in.html
tags: Montreal, Canada, travel, tourism, friendship, family, Cecilia Brainard
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