Our last stop was to Vershire, VT to the Andry's place to pick up our dog, Maggie, whom the Andrys had kindly taken good care of for the past four weeks!! We are taking in the lovely view from their hill top. Next stop is home...
Saturday, August 11, 2007:
We all slept in this morning. George and I got up and headed out to get breakfast (coffee and croissants) and to research what we should do today in Montreal. Once back to the Hostel we got the kids going. Around 10:00 am, we met Maria Michelle, who runs the hostel. She was very nice and interesting to talk with. She aloud us to cancel our reservation for tonight, as we have all decided it was time to head home today. However, before we headed home, we were going to explore this great city.
We started our day heading up the clock tower, which sat on the edge of the St. Lawrence River. It gave us a beautiful view of the city, the harbor, the rivers and across the river to the Expo 1967 grounds. Afterwards, e headed along the river’s edge to the far end of the Old Montreal section of the city. There sat a Museum of Archeology, which provided and over view of the city’s history. From there we wondered through the many Old Street and historical building back towards the Old Montreal Square, which was near the hostel we had slept at. After grabbing lunch, we had a sketch done of the three children by an artist named Nicola, who spoke little to no English. A Canadian woman, who was his friend, made up for his quietness, by talking our eat off. She told us so many stories, were not sure what to believe. She was a pediatrician, a dance, and yoga instructor, a meditation person, who had recently just been in a coma in southern Africa, but was on the mend. When she could not reminder the name of something she would say, “Pardon me, but I’ve just been in a coma and can’t remember the name anymore.” She talked none stop for at least 30 – 40 minutes while the artist sketched the children. She asked for our contact information because she goes to a meditation retreat each year in Lennox, MA and would like to visit. She of course gave us her information as well. I gave her a “dumpy” email address, which she proceeded to tell me she has forgotten how to us a computer, why?, because she recently been in a coma, of course!! She gave us all a big hug before we left and told us about what positive energy we had and what a beautiful family we were. Wow! What a character!! We had many giggle about her as we started to drive home.
As we started to head out of Montreal around 3:30 pm, we called my brother Larry to wish him a happy birthday. He invited us to stop by his Warren, VT house, but we decided against it, because we wanted to stop by the Andry’s in Melrose to pick up our dog, Maggie, whom they had had Maggie for close to four weeks. As though they were reading our minds, the phone rings and it is Connor Andry!! Connor, Duff, and the two dogs, Biscuit and Maggie, are heading to their cabin in Vershere, VT. So instead of stopping in Melrose, we were heading to Vershire, VT to pick up Maggie. Around 7:30 pm we pulled into the Andry ‘s. We had a beer and snacks over-looking their beautiful mountainous expanse. What a nice re-introduction to New England and good friends. We shoved off around 9:00 pm, determined to sleep at home tonight. We should be home before midnight.
It’s hard to believe the epic trip west has ended. It feels good to be home.
Home Sweet Home!!
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