The day started out early, hello jet lag. But since we're not really on a tight schedual, it's ok. Nothing to worry about. It gives us more time to read our books and do other relaxing things. It seemed to be raining when I got up at 4 a.m. Andy was still sleeping and I didn't want to wake him, so I climbed the stairs to the kitchen/living room area and sat there. After an hour Andy woke up and came upstairs.
Andy's parents woke up and made their way downstairs and we made breakfast. It was not raining by the time it was time to sit down so we did eat our breakfast outside in the garden. Andy's Dad started of to work and the rest of us enjoyed the non-rainy-weather for a while. Since the weather reports said that the rains and thunderstorms were to start again at 2 p.m. we decided to get going in to town and hopefully miss the rains. We got ready and hopped on the bus downtown. Our regular stop is right next to the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral - and as everyday, it is beautiful.
Our first point of business in town was to try to pick a cache that seemed to be easy. But when we got there we realized that it was going to be impossible to grabb. The cache was supposed to be located on a parking lot near the center of the city and the parking attendant was watching our every move. After reading the logs we realized that quite a few hadn't been able to find the cache for a while and therefore it might be gone. So we went of to the next errend.
We strolled through a couple of stores before we made our way to the food court in the Place Montreal Trust shopping center. We had lunch quite early since we knew that we would be going to a party later on in the evening, with dinner and such. Therefore lunch was a quick stop at Subways. There is such a variety to choose from here, unlike Sweden where the toppings sometimes seem kind of boring. Andy had a Steak & Cheese sub, Andy's Mom had the tuna sub and I chose the Pizza sub. Mine was really quite yummy!
In Dollorama, we made sure to go up and down every aile to make sure that we didn't miss anything, lots of things to see but also alot of crap. But we did buy quite a few items, the three of us, for a total of 35 dollars. Which is dirt cheap. But I'll show you the shopping another day...
After Dollorama we made our way to the Indigo Bookstore, which was acturally the main store to visit for the day. It is a very large bookstore with all the books that you can think of, and then some. We spent quite a few hours there last time we were here, finding books and figureing out what books that we couldn't get a hold of in Sweden. Books are quite heavy things, but we did end up filling out suitcases with heavy books, since there were such a variaty. This time, weight isn't an issue and therefore we can buy any books we fancy. I made sure to look for more Kate Ellis books but also bought a book by a new author, Dan Waddell. The Blood Detective is his first novell, but he is quite an accomplished pop culture and self-help-books author. There is a second book and now I just had to start reading it so see if I'm interested in the second book as well. I'm also in the search for cookbooks and maybe some other books. Last time we were here we did buy a large Canada book, so we're not really in the need for that, but maybe a book about Montreal would be nice.
When we had bought out 8 books, Andy's Mom and I rushed out into the pouring rain to go to Eaton Center to find a jewelry store. I was looking for a pair of earrings and we found a beautiful pair at ALDO. Shaped like a leaf they were both beautiful and elegant, which is always nice. Andy went of to look at stuff at the FutureShop, an electronics store, but we were to meet up at the bus stop to make our way back home.
But before we got to the bus stop we accidentally fell upon something that we had said that we would look for one day, if we had the chance and that was the statue of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the most known Swedes for his tireless work with the underprivileged and the his humanitarian missions were legendary. He is the first Swede to be an honerery citizen of Canada. His death (?) is somewhat of a mystery, since he just disapeared, January 1945, never to be seen again. Unfortunetly my knowledge of Raoul Wallenberg is very limited so I feel like I have to read up on him. Anyway, his statue is placed on the Raoul Wallenberg Square behind the Christ Church Anglican Cathedral on Rue Ste-Catherine.
Some last minute shopping that ended up being a lot more groceries than we thought in the beginning since we were to carry it all home. On the way home we grabbed a cache that we had missed last time we were here and Andy's Mom had been trying to find for since we were here last. It was quite an easy cache but it was in a place that was totally pointless which is sad... Most people want the caches to show them something nice, beautiful or peaceful. But this one was just point less.
We made it back home, without becoming to wet since it was only drizzling. But as soon as we opened the front door it started raining cats and dogs. I was starting to get quite tired, so we decided to relax a little before the evenings farewell party.
At around 7 p.m. we rolled up at an apartment complex on the southern most point of Iles de Soeurs, where Andy's Dads colleagues live in a beautiful apartment overlooking the St-Lawrence river, specifically the Bassin de La Prairie. The apartment is located on the 14th floor and has panorama windows along one side. What a view. Unfortunetly the weather was slightly boring, but the splendor just shown through anyway.
Once we arrived we were handed a glas of champagne and then we didn't have to want for anything all evening. Snacks and champagne with mingle pre-dinner. Then we were invited to the table, for a four course meal of fantastic measures. The host C and the hostess M were fantastic hosts and made the In-laws farewell party the best ever.
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