Romeo sent me off to Winnipeg airport and bade each other goodbye. I checked in at Air Canada for my flight to Montreal and flew out at 5:05pm. We touched down at Trudeau International Airport at 8:45pm after 2 hours flight. There is one hour time difference of Winnipeg to Montreal. I waited for my host Maria Delia Dizon, a former high school classmate, since she informed me that she'll be late as she is coming from work. She even asked me what do I wear for her to immediately recognize me since we have not seen each other for so long but when she came in she blurted out with joy when she saw me. We warmly greeted and hugged each other. She introduced me to her hubby Melvin. When we went out to get into the car there was flurries or snow showers. It was another wonderful experience of snow.
Montreal is the cultural capital of the province of Quebec. It is the second largest city of Canada and the home to second largest population of native French speaking people in the world after Paris. Even Madel's children speak French language. The signages were mostly in French language and the architecture of buildings were European in style. The buildings looked like that of Paris especially in the Old Montreal.
On the next day we visited the fascinating Niagara Falls. We stayed overnight at Best Western Hotel. On succedding days we visited the Saint Joseph Oratory which is a popular landmark of the city located on hilltop overlooking Montreal downtown, the Beaver Lake where many people skates around, Julep where vintage cars were exhibited on summer, the Mont Royal Park, to the lookout where we saw Royal Mountain Police (RCMP) and as a finale to the ski hill of Saint Sauveur for the skiing which i fitted the equipment and tried to slide a bit with it. When i watched the skiiers, it seemed to be so easy. Melvin told me that it was really difficult to maneuver without a rigid training based on his experience. This is something interesting to try as a hobby.
I had my farewell dinner at Madel's sister Lilia's house.They even cooked pansit for me. The couple sent me off to the Greyhound Bus Terminal for my trip to New York as I bade them goodbye and thanked them for a great winter experience in Canada.
2 comments:
i'm happy, you enjoy your stay. Come back so you could experience the spring, summer and autumn season! Nice meeting you.
Tita Linda
montreal, qp.
thank you so much tita and to your entire family for the warm accommodation.it was such
a wonderful memory for me to
keep and cherish. ill try to come
back. nice meeting you all.
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