Yesterday provided highlights from Iceland to Montreal, including our experience of the total eclipse of the sun on the Azamara Journey.  Today, will feature our stops in Montreal and Vancouver.  Tomorrow, Part 3, will be our ten days on the Silverseas Silver Whisper.  If you missed them, here are the full Montreal and Vancouver postings, in chronological order: WE ARE IN MONTREAL ALL ABOUT MONTREAL AMERICA'S BEST COLLEGES, 2026-2027 and NCAA FOOTBA... TOUR OF MONTREAL MY BEST DINNER IN MONTREAL MY LIFE: Part 3h--Incredible Journeys during Reti... . WE ARE IN VANCOUVER....Again Here is a professional travelogue of Montreal by fox Tours and Travel.  Our highlights: On Day 1 in Montreal, I mostly paid tribute to Dolly Parton: Goodbye Dolly . A Look Back at Her Extraordinary Life. All about Montreal. The city is an island, 30 miles long and 10 miles wide, connected by 20 bridges. Is 315 miles east northeast of Toronto, 122 miles west of the national capital, Ottawa, an...

The Grayline tour of Montreal we took was excellent.  Next to our bus, greeted by my blue-bar pigeon and friends. Tour guide. There are "small" bumblebees in downtown Montreal with a story. Three founders of Alveole were beekeepers.   To bridge the gap between city dwellers and nature, they built a rooftop hive, starting with 10,000 bumblebees and a queen.  In mid-summer, the population grows to 50,000. They pollinate the flowers of  downtown Montreal. Are docile and do not sting people. Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral. Notre-Dame Basilica. The English Pug and French Poodle. Next, Chinatown. More of Montreal. Yes, a McDonald's. Stopped by a shopping area. More of Montreal. Approaching Olympic stadium where the 1976 Summer Olympics were held. McGill University. Definitely a university city.   McGill, at #27, has the highest world ranking.  Enrollment: Université de Montréal (UdeM) : ~66,972 students (includes affiliated schools) Concordia University...