In Montreal

I arrived in Burlington, VT yesterday without any problems. Scott was there to pick me up about an hour later since he had to work Monday. I had a good time wondering around the airport (it is very small) and calling my Mom to check on Chance (who is doing wonderful) for want may be the last time this week. Since I won't be using my cell phone in Canada as it will cost many many dollars (America or Canadian either way) to make calls on it from here. We drove through the countryside. It was very pretty. then we crossed the boarder and drove through the countryside some more. It is about two hours from Burlington to Montreal. Everything is so stark because of the season. Usually I think of stark as a bad thing but this is beautiful full. There is a light snow over everything, the leaves have fallen off of the trees long ago leaving just the tree itself nothing more or extra to get in the way. I am sure if you live here this is one of those things that you don't notice after a while but to me it really is pretty. Our hotel is in a perfect location right between downtown and Old Montreal which is a lot like the French Quarter. So, it is easy for Scott to get the car out and drive to work which isn't too far away and it is easy for me to walk all through town. Also we are right on one of the Metro lines so I can get to a lot of places that way too. It isn't a really long complicated line like the subways in New York either so I am not too scared about getting lost. Also all the walking around in New Orleans has really helped me walking here because I look for landmarks more than I used to, also everything doesn't look the same the way it did to me when I first moved to New Orleans. I am also posting on the Montreal metroblogging site while I am here so you can check that out too. Picture # 1 - Barn in Vermont, #2 - Canadian boarder, # 3 - Barn in Canada, # 4 - Montreal skyline.