Today is Friday the 13th. We have a firm plan to avoid people wearing hockey masks and to do some more exploring in old town Montreal.
At the metro station near our campground we saw and heard this musician. She really needs to be on Canadian Idol or Canada has Talent (if those shows exist). Her voice is so deep and melodic.
Today’s goal is to do a bit of shopping, to peruse Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Archaeology and History, and eat some fabulous food.
First up – shopping. Rue St. Paul is filled with boutiques and restaurants so we stopped at various ones. Poor Tom, he was very patient as I shopped. As we were wandering we peeked down some old alleys – here is one
Next, Pointe-à-Callière Museum of Archaeology and History. First we visited their exhibit about “Curiosities”. In the 1800s people wealthy people would collect “interesting items” and proudly display them in their homes. Unusual stuffed animals (2 headed calves, sheep with 2 faces, etc) were particularly popular, as well as items from lands far away – e.g, native clothing and tools/weapons from South America or Africa). The exhibit kind of grossed me out with all of the stuffed creatures. People also got very creative on how they displayed their “treasures”.
The museum also had a very interesting archaeology exhibit – essentially the basement is all old ruins. Got a little burned out on ruins – much more fun at the exhibit on French cuisine.
One of the more interesting things about French cuisine is that it has been declared an intangible Unesco World Heritage. Back in the 1700s there was a famous chef for the king who was a master organizer and put together elaborate meals and sets and entertainment for the King’s guests. He worked hard for months on a 7-day event for 2000 guests. He killed himself on the last day of the event because the fish had not arrived. Right after he killed himself the fish showed up (timing is everything).
One display of a table setting reminded me a lot of how meals look at our (HA!).
At the end of the exhibit they talked about the importance of French cuisine and how it influences the world today.
I could never carry this bag because I would be trying to eat it.
We had another fabulous meal – a sandwich which should have been boring and dull, but, OMG they were so good.
After a full day of food and fun we returned to camp via the subway, but not before taking a picture on the world’s largest Adirondack chair.
North Atlantic Canada 2019 
Dad would have loved the art made out of fish. I think the idea of a show called “Canada has talent“ is hilarious.
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