Our 1st Anniversary! *updated*

It really doesn't feel as though our wedding was a year ago. In my mind, it could have been yesterday. But the calendar doesn't lie - and here we are - at the end of July.

But to celebrate our first anniversary we took advantage of my flight privileges (and hotel privileges) and took off to Montreal for three days. It was great! The city is beautiful, the weather was not bad and we had three days to spend together (which is pretty big, with this new job we have been seeing each other very little every day).

- Logan looking out of 24th floor window.










We flew out on the red eye and arrived in Montreal at 7:01 am their time (5:01 to us). We were very tired
when we got there, but our room was ready for us, so we had breakfast and then a nap. It was in the perfect location.





We walked everywhere.
Old Montreal was right on our doorstep -
no more than 2 blocks away.






Notre Dame Basilica was beautiful. (blurry but you get the point)
They had a sound and light show every night - which we both of course were interested in. It was really neat!
We did a boat tour of the port of Montreal and learned a little of the history of Montreal.

We were also a short 10 min walk from Saint Catherines Street - which is the big shopping hub of the city. We took in the mayhem that was that. And also experienced their vast underground - which connects most of downtown with Metro stations, hotels, office buildings and more shopping. It was also neat- a little uneventful - but neat.

We took in the Fine Art Museum (and was reminded that Logan finds no merit in any sort of Modern Art). However, we both found things of interest in there, and some things that were weirder than you can imagine. We had some great food, saw some great things, and even had the opportunity to see a HUGE demonstration about the crisis in Lebanon. It was huge - and one of the only times I really wished that I could speak French - it took us a really long time to figure out what they were saying!


On our anniversary itself - Sunday - we slept in really late. We walked up the street to a place that served crepes and enjoyed some French cuisine. We walked around for a bit and then headed back to the hotel. Logan wanted to go for a swim. So we did. It is our anniversary, we can do what we want to. Then we got all dolled up and headed back into Old Montreal and went looking for a neat restaurant. We found a great one on a side street. I really felt like I was back in Europe - only this time there was no price difference for eating inside or out, at a table or not. So we chose a nice table outside, pretty well on the street.

We had a great dinner, did a little more sightseeing and then made our way to the Just For Laughs Festival. It was crazy. And we went to a very funny show. The comedians name was Tim Minchin, he is from Australia and his bit involved musical comedy- he writes funny songs. It was awesome! There was a baby grand, a guitar and him! It was cabaret style with little round tables and candles in the middle. And to add to the fun two young Aussie tourists sat with us. We had excellent conversation, great laughs and a great anniversary. (And Logan saw Colin Mockery - from Whose Line)