Today Pierre and I went on a bike ride. We did about 40 km through the city. What's amazing here are the extensive bike trails that go throughout the city. Dedicated bike lanes in many streets, separated from car traffic by barriers. And thousands of people use them. I can't believe how many cyclists there are in the city. Incroyable!! It's great to see.
We went from Ile de Soeurs onto the main island. We wen't across a couple bridges over the St Lawrence River and had the best views of Montreal. We ended up on the Formula 1 track and got to ride around it, although they limit the speed for bikes to 30 km/hr. We went past La Rond and past Habitat 67, two well known Montreal landmarks.
Stopped at another well known open air marketing: Le Marche Atwater. Once again, awesome food. For $5 I had a fresh boccacini chese sandwich with fresh tomatoes and basil.
This afternoon, I'm just taking a few hours to rest up before meeting Glen for supper. Afterwards we'll hang out at a bar and watch UFC 101. Should be a great event and I always love watching them with my brothers. Mixed martial arts is much bigger in Montreal than Toronto. They have some UFC superstars here in the city: Georges St Pierre, David Loisseau, Partick Cote to name a few. So it will be interesting to see how this crowd will be, although I probably won't understand what they say in a noisy French bar where everyone has been drinking a little.
No video today. Maybe tomorrow.
PS Glen and I went to a bar to watch UFC, but they weren't showing it. But with Glen's connections, the owner let us up into the secret third floor of the bar and we watched UFC behind a locked door with about 30 or 40 other guys and bar service, ashtrays included. Felt very illegal and very bad, but it was a thrill.
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