August 17:
We woke up and tye-dyed as our last full group activity before Julia would
be leaving us later that evening. It was a great activity. The shirts came out
pretty great. Then we set out for our final destination: Montreal. Later we
would find out that it was the hottest day of the whole summer in the area. We
biked for what seemed to be forever on a road passing endless cornfields before
finally entering a more populated area. We grabbed some Tim Hortons bagels for a
snack, and then headed into the suburbs outside of Montreal. The bike paths were
wonderful throughout the whole area and kept us off the somewhat busy streets.
Due to a main bridge being under construction we were sent on a mini detour,
rendering our map directions useless and forcing us to rely on the kindness of
the residents of Montreal to find our way to the downtown area. We were all
feeling slightly drained as we climbed the last hill that would arrive us at our
hotel, but we made it! The hotel AC was incredible. We all showered and got
ready to go explore the city. We went and got dinner at a nice restaurant and
then walked around exploring shops and finding cool areas that had fountains and
a great atmosphere. We then headed back to the hotel and enjoyed the comfort of
some cozy beds and got ready for our next full day of exploring the city.
