ANOTHER WONDERFUL DAY IN MONTREAL

MARKETS and OLYMPIC PARK AND JARDIN BOTANIQUE - 

We again started our morning with breakfast here at the hotel and received a suggestion that we should go to the Marche Jean-Talon, where there is a fresh produce market. Then we planned to go to another market near the Olympic park. 

We walked to our Metro station and made the trip to Marche Jean-Talon. This is a nice size market with an abundance of all sorts of fresh produce, seafood, flowers, honey and maple syrup. It was some of the vegetables which intrigued me. There were carrots of different colors and a unique pea. Jean-Talon Market, a landmark in Montréal's Little Italy since 1933, is renowned for its multicultural flavor. In addition to fruit, flower and vegetable stands, the market features a wide range of shops selling products and foods grown or made in Québec. 

From here we traveled via Metro to Pie-IX station and walked to the Maisonneuve Market. This market was a lot smaller and not as vibrant. The offerings were nice, but lacked a earthiness of the Jean-Talon Market. 

We did buy a sandwich and made our way back to the Olympic park and had a picnic lunch. 

Walking around the Olympic Park, we next went to the Jardin Botanique. This is such a large garden we only visited the area near the entrance. We felt we did not have enough time to fully enjoy all the garden had to offer.  If one were planning a visit here a full day would be recommended. 

We decided to prepare for our departure tomorrow and made our way to the train station. We were concerned how difficult it would be to schlep our bags on the Metro. Our scouting indicated only a couple staircases would have to be navigated. At the Train station, we located where we would check our bags and learned the boarding procedure. We also found a nice sandwich shop where we can obtain train provisions. 

Back to our hotel to repack our bags and do some laundry as our next hotel we will have shared bath. 

Tonight we will probably just chill here at the hotel and maybe go to a nice mini mart for a samosa. They were pretty darn good.