Montreal

Montreal
November, 2006

What is the old saying, 'you win some and you lose some'. I believe this to be a good analogy for this quick getaway to Montreal and Lake Placid.

Despite all my efforts, the city and I did not connect - even the weather was uncooperative! I walked around the city thinking about how soon could I leave instead of finding a synchronicity with Montreal. For the first time, I truly felt like a tourist - not a good sign while I'm on vacation.

Wherever I travel, I try to find time to visit the local botanical garden or park. In this case, The Montreal Botanic Garden, even in November a garden of this caliber is something to see. As with the city, I was completely underwhelmed during my visit to the Garden. It didn't live up to any expectation, considering its standing in the botanical world - I am so disappointed in this Garden. It is difficult to write such a review, as botanical gardens are well worth an investment of time and money. Perhaps I need to search farther afield in Canada to locate a better botanical garden; this one I would think twice about revisiting it.

Montreal shares some characteristics with my hometown of Philadelphia, such as a left leaning press, rapid secularism and an abundent supply of homeless people roaming the streets. Unlike Philadelphia, I was not able to find enough likeable qualities to counterbalance my negative impressions of this city.

Below is the sum of my pictures from Montreal - I had no motivation to take more.

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