I am thankful that this hotel has a breakfast buffet until 11:00 in the morning. I needed to sleep in, although I could have slept better. In any case, it was a nice buffet, and I ate with some friends of mine from Colorado and Belgium.
Then I went back to bed.
In the afternoon, I did a foot patrol of Montreal. It’s a good weekend to explore Montreal; They’ve shut down St. Catherine’s street so it is pedestrian traffic only. But even if that wasn’t the case, this seems like a vibrant community. They have fountains in the sidewalks. Lots of churches. Interesting public art. A temporary basketball court is being constructed across from my hotel. Things just seemed to be happening. I now have a pocket full of Jolly Ranchers. I don’t even know if I like Jolly Ranchers, but now I have ten of them.
Then the question turns to, how do they pay for all of this? I think the answer is that they don’t. I don’t think this province is fiscally solvent. And on the drive in, I did see crumbling architecture. It seems better on this side of the city at least.
It has been warm and muggy most of the day. I enjoyed going into stores just for a bit of A/C. When it finally started raining, it was a pleasant warm one. I’m not used to that. Rain in Alberta is always cold. However, they are predicting a lot of rain this weekend. But the forecast does seem to change wildly throughout the day. Hope for the best.
I now need to get myself some dinner. I have gone to a grocery store and gotten some supplies, but they aren’t for eating. I can now make a screwdriver for myself. It was pointed out last night that I tend to overthink things. This should be able to do something about that. And the cans of Coke will help me stay awake.
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