But we were both excited. Deb doesn't take holiday's often enough and this was only her second time travelling by train.
I'm just excited to begin a little adventure. Here's my plan...
I have only the first two nights of accommodation booked at a little B&B (without the breakfast). After that I have no itinerary and absoutely nothing booked. The idea is just to see where life takes me, to meet people, practice my French and have an adventure.
I'll be going back to Toronto mid-month to pick up Seth and bring him here for a week or more. I'll have to plan a little more for that week.
Today Deb and I explored our neighborhood. I think we're in the plateau, but not certain. We're staying near the corner of St Urbain and Mont Royal, right at the bottom of the mountain. Carolyn who owns the house started renting out her son's room for some extra money when he was staying at his Dad's. One thing led to another and now she owns some property and rents out the rooms in her home inexpensively and call her business the Urban Haven. The third room in the house is occupied by Alicia a fire dancer and aspiring chef.
We ended up going to a restaurant called Santropolo just a couple blocks down St Urbain. It's a quirky, funky little restaurant that was crazy busy. We sat out on the great terrasse in the back. It was great little spot with lots of trees bedecked in Christmas lights and a fishpond. It was very lush and secluded. We had some great vegetarian pies. I made the better choice with the mushroom cheese pie while Deb had the autumn vegetable pie. The sandwiches being served to the other guests looked massive (and yummy) with laptop sized slices of bread.
After dinner we took a walk and then went back to the same place for dessert. Now were back at our rooms and I'm ready to crash. Just have a little work to do first.
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