Montreal

We arrived in Montreal by train last night.  Very long trip on a very full train.  It seems Amtrak are even less organised than Countrylink, but we managed to get here all the same.  The hotel is quite cool and we're all set up here for the week over Christmas - we have a little kitchen in our room that we have begun to stock up, not knowing just what will or won't be open over the next few days.

Right on queue (that is, right after the woman in the shop selling Garry a new phone said it was unlikely to snow now until after the new year) it started snowing.  Interestingly enough neither of us is finding it as cold here as it was in New York, and I didn't find it remarkably cold there either.  Once the snow started it seemed to be even warmer, although that's when the footpaths became particularly slippery.

I'd have to say, Montreal is feeling a lot more Christmasy than anywhere else I've been.  It's probably the combination of lots of decoration, carols coming from every speaker in every shopping centre, and the snow.

This last one is just for Mum - I am wearing both the scarf and the hat now... even in this awful photo...