Wednesday, 18 September 2013 Day 2 Montreal

Our tour did not officially begin until the following day, so we took the open top bus around the city for the day. We decided to ride around the full tour which took in Notre Dame Basilica, China Town, Latin Quarter, Montreal Museum of  Fine Art, St Joseph's Oratory, Mount Royal Park and Old Montreal.

We then went around again this time alighting to look at the Museum of Fine Art before making our way back to the hotel through the underground shopping complex. the railway station. In the evening we walked to a local chain restaurant and sampled the local smoked meat which was delicious. On the way we walked past the Bank of Montreal which has an impressive façade and interestingly held the Crown Jewels of England during WW2.  Later that evening I went to one of the local tourist shops to buy a tee-shirt as it was quite warm and I had not packed many light clothes and I saw squirrels in the local park