Short Montreal Visit

Montreal is a wonderful city, especially when the sun is shining and staying with Tara meant that we could really feel the energy of the university crowd. Maya and I slept in Tara's residence, and met Tara for breakfast at the coffee shop nearby. The muffins were 'vegan' and rather odd tasting, but the coffee is 'good enough'. We had a second 'brunch' with our friends Renee and Maurice at 'Juliet et Chocolat' which specializes in chocolate oriented meals and desserts. Imagine that chocolate was used for salad dressing. There were also crepes and 'galettes' which are a little thicker crepes made with buckwheat flour and meant to be salty as opposed to sweet crepes. Tara had plans for the afternoon, so Maya and I returned to visit with REnee and Maurice in their condo, and since it was Sunday and Maya's turn to cook for dinner, she and REnee went to the local market to buy fresh ingredients and made pounds of pesto and blueberry pies.

I decided to take in a movie at the film festival while Maya slaved away in the kitchen. When I returned, we had a tasty meal with the fresh pesto and pie. We had all expected Tara to show up for the dinner but she was busy for the afternoon and evening, so we did not see her other than a short visit before going to bed. We are hoping for more time with Tara tomorrow before we start our long drive home to Baltimore.