Postscript: Montreal

1. Try a Schwartz's smoked meat sandwich. CHECK.
2. Buy some Fairmount bagels. CHECK.
3. Do a self-guided tour of Old Montreal (CHECK**) and check out The Sir George-Étienne Cartier National Historic Site.
4. Ride a Bixi Bike. CHECK
5. Maybe visit the Montreal Botanical Garden. 
6. Have a poutine at La Banquise. Supposedly the BEST poutine in Montreal.

Somewhere along the trip, the terms were nullified and negotiations broke down.

Instead of having most of the two days to myself, I got two and a half hours. I didn't get a poutine at La Banquise, visit the Cartier House, see the Botanical Garden, or do an in-depth self-tour of Old Montreal (**). Instead, I became the unofficial photographer/navigator, made smalltalk, ate in Chinatown, and had brunch at Tutti-Frutti, listening to my dad and his friends talk about their youths and reminisce about their school days.

And I'm okay with that... I think.

Not being able to have the poutine at La Banquise still stings a bit.

Next time.