End of a Montreal Summer

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Finally, after 2 years, I get a little bit of a taste of summer! Having spent the last two North American summers in the southern hemisphere, I was lacking more than a bit of vitamin D!

So I was more than ready to put up with one or two of the many heat waves that hit Montreal this summer! Luckily I got to experience one before heading to the cold of Orange, Australia. And I was also happy to come back to warm temperatures, although I could've done without the humidity!

I spent the last month of summer enjoying the warm sunshine as much as I could. I was even up for dawn workouts on Molson field (as an attempt to tone up before the wedding!). I enjoyed walks on the mountain, lazing in the sunshine in the grass in the parks, picnics with Shakespeare in the Park and listened to Inuk throat singers add their own soundtrack to the movie "Nanuk of the North" during the First Nations Festival.

And of course the mandatory beers out on a terrace, or coffee in the sun, or well, just about any excuse to be outside!

I even trekked up to Lévis and Montmagny, as well as Ste-Appoline to see my family roots and the house my mom grew up in.

My end of summer also included watching the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, which apparently has some of the same riders as the Tour de France. I also visited La Ronde and Parc Safari with my sister and nephews, brought a pillow to watch movies outside during the International Film Festival, and greeted the pirates at the Old Port when the Tall Ships came to port.

I packed in quite a bit in 2 months! I love Montreal summers!

Enjoy the photos from the city I call home!

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Photos

Faites le Pont
The Jaques Cartier Bridge in the late afternoon sun

Water!
The caribou graced the Quartier des Spectacles during the First Nations Festival

Hello from Parc Safari!
We had a fun day visiting the animals!

Dawn over the city
The city skyline at dawn

Les Cyclistes
Riders in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

Tall Ships!
There were 5 large sailing ships in port to visit!

Parc Jean Drapeau
The Biosphere and the site of Piknik Electronik on Ile Ste Helene, as viewed from the Old Port