The Return of the...'Peggers

Joshua and I have returned home from a very great trip, with lots of new memories and best of all - lots of pictures! Our journey to Montréal was a rather successful one and we enjoyed all of our time there. While I won't be able to fit every story in, I shall endeavor to recap as best I can:

Day One: Early wake-up to arrive at the Winnipeg airport. Smooth flight to Toronto with a two hour layover and a successful (and brief) flight into Montréal. All is good. Make it to Heather's god-forsaken apartment and head off to shop. Don't actually purchase anything of genuine use...but do manage to get a museum pass. Visit with Heather; post Bon Jovi of course.

Day Two: Wake up and head off to the Botanical Gardens. Chuckle at Station Pie IX. Take lots of photographs in the insane heat, love the Chinese Gardens. Slightly disappointed in the Japanese ones however. The Insectarium, while interesting gave me the creeps...and was filled with creeps - errr, children. Wander over to the Biodome - had a blast there. Loved the little penguins and the various parts of the centre. Educational, fun...and very impressive. Wahoo bio. Meet up with Heather in the evening and enjoy a nice dinner at Carlos & Pepé's. Even ended up running into an old highschool friend - weird, huh? Wander to Old Montréal...damn Basilica is closed. Who closes a church? Sleep...and end up falling out of bed. Grr to Heat.

Day Three: Exhausted by heat. Boo-urns. Get up late - obsessed with going to the Market (which we never made it to). Return to the old port (Vieux Port) and go to the Archaeology Museum. Me-thinks Heather and Joshua were a tad bit bored...I, well, lets just say heaven. Lots and lots with the fun. Japanese Pottery Exhibit, Burial Sites, Pre-1800's Archeological Site. Saweeet. More shopping, wander around the port and see beautiful fireworks around La Ronde. Exhausted, wander back to Heather's.

Day Four: Morning arrives and it's off to breakfast! Brunch. Lunch. Whatever they call it in Québec. We go to Chez Cora's and have more fruit then one can possibly imagine. Go for a whole day of shopping...get Heather clothes and myself...ummmm, nothing. Boo-urns to that. Oh well. Dinner at fancy, cool Chinese place in China town. Good food galore. Lots of fun, again. End the night by seeing an amazing fire-dancer display at Just For Laughs. Wow. Double and triple wow. We even ended up checking into a hotel...Heather's place scared me too much. We fell in love with air conditioning...and Heather slept on our glorious, cold, floor.

Day Five: Heather is sick for work. Yeah...right. We shop, return to the old port and end up going for lunch at this very fancy, beautiful patio restaurant. After we head off to the Science Centre where we play around like kids, watch clips from Ice Age and have a blast with the exhibits. Did you know Joshua, Heather and I can power a microwave just with our legs? Now you do. We ended up seeing a 3D IMAX movie on underwater creatures - very cool. Everything should be in 3D. Everything. Next we go to the worst bar/restaurant I have ever been too...left after a mere fifteen minutes. I complained a lot - it worked. We ended up going to a place called Zyng Noodlery. Quite good. Oriental food once again. Eventually part ways and crash in nice cold hotel room.

Day Six: Wake up...and return to the Basilica. While not terribly impressed with the religious aspects, the design and construction is amazing. Wander around Chinatown once again, $15 swords. Too bad getting them on the plane would be tricky. Shop till we drop...spending too much energy and money. It was a fun time though. Meet up with Heather and spend exhaustive hours trying to pick out a dinner restaurant - during which Joshua runs into a highschool friend. Weird. Double weird in fact. We decide finally on Mike's and I get a pizza. Heather gets a job offer - me-thinks she should take it. Take it Heather...take it. Head back to Heather's and say our farewells. We'll miss you!

Day Seven: Off to the airport after watching the news for the first time in a week. My how the world has changed. Get to the airport and kill three hours until our flight. Rough ride, but we make it to Winnipeg safe and sound.

It was a great trip all in all. Thanks Heather for letting us stay with you, despite the creepiness factor. I had a blast and I loved Montréal dearly - Ottawa still holds my heart though. I had a great time and now have a lot of memories (and a lot less money). It was nice to get away...

...but in a way it's nice to be home...