Montréal

Traveled to Montréal in April over a short holiday weekend. The city feels very humble and happy with itself. What I mean by that is it doesn’t feel pretentious.

Walking around the Le Plateau Mont Royal neighborhood I noticed bikes laying in the yard and on the sidewalk. In any urban American city, bikes laying haphazardly outside might be considered by urban planning wonks a sign of decay or abandonment. In Montréal it felt as if kids had been playing, went inside and then had just forgotten to store them in the shed. No perfectly manicured lawns that are so prevalent throughout American deed-restricted suburbs. Montréal felt like a home that had been lived in and not specifically tidied up for company.

These photos were taken in Vieux Montréal, Le Plateau Mont Royal, Chinatown, and Villeray. 

Recommendations:

- Marché Jean-Talon for tire sur la neige and salted tomatoes

- Street art sightseeing in the Le Plateau-Mont-Royal neighborhood.

- Scandinave Spa Vieux Montréal 

- Bouillon Bilk for good ($$$) eats

- Fameux Viande Fumée Et Charcuterie for poutine