Kayaking in Montreal
I really miss Montreal. DW and I would go to this cosmopolitan city at least once every couple of years; sometimes, once or more in a single year. We'd go to see family, or to take in a concert, or to just be tourists in the city in which I was born. The last time we were in Montreal was in 2019, with friends who were visiting from Germany. We took in the Just For Laughs festival, saw the old port, and had some wonderful meals. But then, in 2020, when the pandemic hit, we didn't travel much. If we left Ottawa, it was to see Kid 1, who was studying in the Greater Toronto Area. Kid 2 moved to Toronto in the fall of 2021, so that sealed our fate against travelling east of home. The other day, Google Photos prompted me with memories of another visit to Montreal, in August of 2018. Mind you, it was to the west of the metropolitan area, off the island, in Vaudreuil-Dorion, but still part of the metropolis of Montreal. DW was able to snag a deal at Château Vaudreuil, right where ...
