The 40th Reunion of Dick's engineering class at Sir George William (now Condordia University) took us to Montreal. It was a single day event but we went for six days giving me a chance to see Montreal and Dick to revisit his old haunts. The reunion dinner went well for Dick as a few of his close friends showed up.

We were also fortunate that Andre, a friend from Dick's Western days, was in town. He offered us a trout fishing expedition a little north of the city. It was my best fishing trip ever and first catch. The lake was calm and Andre is the perfect host, baiting my hook with the worms and taking the catch off the hook. I got the fun part of feeling the bite and reeling the fish in. I had several strikes, but only managed to reel in two. The latter, a catfish, was undesirable, as they are not eaten in Montreal. Dick got a strike just as we were calling it a day and landed a smaller trout. Fishing was followed a lunch of barbequed hamburgers (the trout were destined for smoking) and then a walk in the woods by the lake. Later to be rounded off by a gourmet dinner at Andre's. A great first day.

Day 2 was a long day - a 12 hours coach tour to Quebec City. We were not s0 fortunate with the weather as it rained most of the time. It did give as a break of a few hours to walk in the city. Our guides were resourceful and turned what should have been a walking tour into a bus ride. The boat for the river tour was dry and we went quite close to the Montmorency Falls. As with these type of tours, I was reminded of history lessons, long forgotten, and lots of interesting bits, which I am sure never made it into the books. Did you know that Admiral Wolfe was shipped to England for burial in a barrel of rum? That's not even on Wiki!

Quebec City is really picturesque and deserves more than a cursory day trip.

Our last day was spent visiting friends in the Eastern Townships, very close to the US border. There was a fund raiser in one of the township close to our destination and we stopped by. A back in time experience.