Travel Day to Montreal

Previously the drive from Hartford to Oakland, Maine was 5 hrs of interstate. Finally, perfect back country roads; miles with no traffic. Except for the last hour outside of Montreal we were on a road passing thru small towns and across mountains. It was serene.

The town of Eustis was odd. For miles along the road there were dozens of American flags flying from telephone poles. We thought maybe they wanted drivers to know they were entering or leaving the USA. But Eustis is a good 30 min drive from the border. Odd, very odd.

There were lots of Beware of Moose signs. OK with me as long as the only moose were on the signs.

Border crossing was a 5 min chat with a friendly young woman; still we had the feeling she knew more about us than what our passports indicated. No I'm not paranoid.

Chain of Ponds, yup that's the name just before the border.

Once we crossed into Quebec Province PB was busy converting miles to kilometers so I wouldn't be speeding thru small towns. I.e. 88 means 55mph

We stopped for lunch in La Patrie. Everyone was French speaking. As soon as they heard our 'Bonjours", they switched to English. My fish and chips order was amazing - a whole fish, minus the head. French fries were sorta mushy. We're to discover, mushy is the preferred style.

6 hrs after leaving the B&B, we arrived downtown Montreal, found hotel, parked car, are still married. (We're known to have major meltdowns when Google map directions confuses the driver) Our hotel is ideally located to old town. Not repeating the Stockholm mistake. Hotel has happy hour, starting right after we arrived, which made us happy.

I dont recognize the city - so many skyscrapers and construction. The only buildings I recognized were the massive grain elevators. 

The car is parked, won't move again for 4 days.