Thanksgiving in Montreal

For Thanksgiving this year Daniel and I decided that it would be fun if we could rent a car and go on a roadtrip to Montreal. On the first night we stayed near Old Montreal, which is also close to the Montreal Village. We walked around the Village during the day and it was quite a different vibe than in Toronto. I think maybe the Village in Toronto is in a less seedy part of town. It seems to be changing the landscape of Church street because that area is getting more and more expensive. Anyways, it was the black and blue festival that weekend so there were a lot of leathers on the street - lol!

Then we checked in at our hotel (Le Pomerol) which was quaint but nice. It had a double jacuzzi tub right next to the bed! It looked odd, but it was nice. We then went over to the Eaton Center, grabbed some authentic Montrealer cuisine (steamies with poutine) and walked over to Old Montreal. Old Montreal was very cute with narrow streets and an old world atmosphere. We stopped off at the 3 Brasseurs which oddly enough, was a little taste of home for us because we frequent the only one in Toronto.

The next day we went to my auntie Diane's place for Thanksgiving dinner. It was the first time that I introduced Daniel to her and my uncle Claude and I was a little nervous. My uncle Claude has quite a personality and is very loud, in a good way of course (French Canadians FTW) And people think I'm loud! Everything turned out great and we had a fun time! It was the first time that Daniel smoked a cigar :) My family goes all out with the food and the drink, they make a whole evening of sitting around the table joking around. It would have been more fun had my mother tagged along with us. It was funny, Diane suggested to my mom before we left that she should ride up with us so that she could go to the dinner. I could tell that she wanted to go, but my dad didn't - so they didn't.

The weekend after we had our Thanksgiving dinner at home which was nice, but not quite as fun. Maybe because Christine's boyfriend Mike was sick and canceled last minute :( We had BBQed turkey at my auntie Diane's place and a traditional turkey at my moms. Good food - good company - what could be better?