Leaving Montréal

So out of the five hours in that “motel”, I ended up sleeping for one hour and I left one hour earlier than I planned. I figured it’d be more convenient to sleep in the car, somewhere along the way.

This is by far the worst place I have ever stayed in. Its name is “Motel Sunrise”, close to downtown. Keep away. Really. Cheap price may be tempting, but trust me, go elsewhere. People outside all night long, shouting, laughing and drinking. Absolutely no noise isolation between rooms. Room is dirty. Yuck.

I checked out at 6:00am and complained to the manager, who promised to check things out and get back to me (yeah, right).

So I found myself wandering around downtown Montréal at 6:30am, looking for a place to sit, eat and finally publish my posts for the Toronto & Ottawa shows. So I’m sitting at this place now, “Restaurant McGill”, at the junction of Rue Notre‐Dame and Rue McGill, steps away from the wonderful Old Montréal.

Montréal is the second largest city in Canada and considered by many the place to be. Renowned for its awesome nightlife scene and stupendous selection of restaurants and cafe’s, this is the city of people in their 20’s and 30’s.

I’ve been in Montréal a few times already, but still can’t really “connect” to it. I don’t know why. I really like Old Montréal—a small section near the downtown area that is so well preserved that you think you’re walking through history.

Food in this city is awesome, though. There are so many restaurants here—there are more restaurants per capita in Montréal than any other city in North America except for New York. My favourites so far are “3 Amigos” (two locations) which serves amazing Mexican food, and, of course, the world‐famous “Schwartz”. “Schwartz” is known for its smoked meat. It’s hard to explain how good it is. Just go there and try it out.

I’m about to leave Montréal now on my way to Boston. 5 hours drive.

Talk soon,
Isaac