We got into the hotel a little before 8am and met Christophe, our tour manager. We got some breakfast at the hotel and stowed our bags, then we were off! We took the metro to Old (Vieux) Montreal, where we started out with a walking tour. We saw the tents for Cirque du Soleil...apparently it's much cheaper to see them here in Montreal than in other cities (they start here and then take the show elsewhere).
Our walking tour ended at the Notre-Dame Basilica, which we went inside to tour. Gorgeous and not overwhelmingly large like the Notre-Dame of Paris. After this, we had about an hour and a half of free time to get lunch and shop in Vieux Montreal. A lot of the students tried the Québécois specialty poutine, fries with gravy and cheese curds. Some tried the Montréalais specialty, smoked meat.
After lunch, we got a different view of the city by bike. Montreal has an amazing bike path system. We did about 8-9 miles along the Canal Lachine. We then were grateful to take the metro back to the hotel, where we got into our rooms and crashed for about an hour
Dinner at L'Académie was very nice: a choice of soup or salad, followed by either shrimp, chicken and veal, or vegetable pasta, and then cake. Deeeelicious.
Our final stop for the day was a dance studio. We learned the fine art of hip hop dance! Naturally, by the end of this, we were exhausted! A quick bus back to the hotel, followed by bed.
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