La Belle Province Quebec

We crossed the boarder into La Belle Province Quebec. Parlez vous Francais? Non .. but we can try. We stopped at an information centre and Jack had Ham and eggs at the restaurant there and I had Poutine. Ah…welcome to Quebec.

Drove through Montreal and under the St Lawrence River via a tunnel and camped at an RV park just on the other side of the city. There is a lot of construction and detours all around the city, The traffic has been very busy. Once again “Tom” has been more than worth the cost of purchase.

Montréal is beautiful. We drove downtown and saw the old section. We walked around in the old part and had dinner in a small restaurant where I had the best Onion soup that I have ever had. … ever. Jack had venison with maple syrup sauce.. hmmm very canadienne.

Back at our campground we set up our satellite dish for the very first time and watched some TV. Enjoyed.

Today (Tuesday September 14, 2010) we drove downtown again. This time we drove around Parc Mont Royal and got a fantastic view of the city. We walked around the Mont Royal area and had lunch in a small smoked meat restaurant. A very nice man in the restaurant visited with us and we talked about Montreal, the west and language issues. Very interesting and very friendly. The cook in the restaurant made me have a beer with my meal, “can’t eat smoked meat sandwiches without a beer,” he said. Jack had pulled pork and I had brisket, Jack also had mac and cheese with a very hot 911 sauce. It was a neat experience.