What I did on my summer vacation Pt. 2

Okay, so...
Mon. July 5th

Got to Montreal at 11 a.m. The room wasn't ready yet so we parked the van and started walking around the city. Did lots of shopping and didn't get back to the hotel until dinner time. Beautiful hotel room! King size bed with white duvet. Lots of little extras that I'm not used to. Classy. I had a nice long shower and got dressed and we went to dinner. Excellent service. Good food. Then of course, we hit the casino. (Went back to the hotel and changed again first) My feet were already sore from a long day of walking. We lost enough money for me to insist on leaving and returned to the hotel at about 1 a.m. Hubby says to me; "What time do you want our wake up call?" How about never? I answered. But he had them call us at 8.

Tues. July 6th

Woke up too early and got ready to go. We had an amazing breakfast at the hotel and set out again for our day. We walked up a block and were crossing the street when I stepped in a pot hole, twisted my ankle and fell on my knee. Hubby picked me up out of the middle of the road and we sat down for a few minutes at a little cafe which happened to be on the corner. My ankle hurt, but I figured that the pain would go away. We walked to the subway (metro) and took it to the Olympic stadium. Hubby wanted to do the tourist thing. There we went to the top of the observatory and looked over the city. Then we went across to the Biodome and spent some time there. We then took the metro back downtown and shopped some more. We visited the Jazz festival and China town. Again, I wasn't feeling well, but we trudged on. Went through the underground shopping malls and bought more stuff. I finally convinced Hubby that we'd had enough shopping for one day and we went back to the hotel. He went for a swim and let me have some time to rest my sore ankle and get dressed for dinner. We walked downtown to a place and waited at the bar for a table. This place was beautiful..Two levels, large patios, servers dressed in black with long white aprons. We got a table upstairs at the entrance to the patio and had an incredible dinner. By this time, I was in a lot of pain. My foot and ankle were swollen. We finished dinner at midnight and walked back to the hotel, picked up the van and drove to the casino. Didn't have much luck there and at one point I had to take Hubby's wallet away from him. We got to sleep that night at about 4 a.m. Hubby had them call us at 9 the next morning.

Wed. July 7th

Woke up, had breakfast, checked out, shopped some more. Left Montreal at about 2:30. Made it back to Mom and Dads at about 8:30. They were just finishing up a birthday party for my nephew. The kids didn't seem to miss us much. We decided to stay there one more night and watched the Titanic with the kids.

Thurs. July 8th

The kids went swimming again. We packed up and headed home. Emily had a soccer game in the evening.

Fri. July 9th

We went to Canada's Wonderland. Spent a full day there and had lots of fun. I think I fixed my farmer tan. I burned my shoulders and chest. Hopefully it will not peel but will turn into a nice brown colour.

Sat. July 10th

Took the girls shopping for new bathing suits. Got Aidan a birthday present and bought the game Scene It for myself. Did laundry

Sun. July 11th

Went to Aidan's birthday party. Added to my sunburn. Went back to Mom and Dad's. The kids swam some more. We played Scene It. Hubby and the kids watched a movie when we got home. I went to bed!

Mon. July 12th

That's today! Congratulations if you made it through this whole boring entry! Today so far, I woke up, had chocolate milk and blogged. Montreal is a beautiful city. The people there are friendly and very hospitable. I would love to go back. Hopefully they will have fixed the pothole on Rue Guy by then. When I get my other computer fixed, I'll probably post a couple of pics. We're off this week too but will be staying close to home. The kids have soccer every night this week. Not much planned for today. Just taking it easy.