Weather - a gorgeous cloudless day already at a heaping 25 degrees with humidity added on top of that.
We decided to skip breakfast and check-out of our room seen as how we had to be out by 11am anyhow. We headed for some breakfast at this Italian restaurant called Pacini - and with every meal there was all this Italian meat and tomato sauce.
We headed to the Biodome as we had yet to use our ticket that we bought as a package with the Insectarium and Botanical Gardens. We were lucky enough to be able to check our baggage.
We were in the hottest area first - after being hot from dragging a suitcase across the city and metro stations. We saw tropical birds, alligators, turtles, and bats.
Throughout the Biodome we saw fish, little ducks swimming to the bottom to get food, beavers asleep in their nest, a hedgehog asleep in a tree, crabs, starfish, and of course - penguins - my favourite!!
The penguins were so cute climbing the snow, or just standing on a rock not even moving. There was a herd (proper term?) of penguins slowly making their way to jump into the water - and I was waiting forever to get a picture of them jumping in, but the leader decided to change his mind and walk away.
We ended our sight seeing at the Biodome (and around the Olympic Tower) and decided to wait it out at a cafe until it was time to catch the train. We were totally exhausted anyhow, and our feet were so sore. It didn't help that it was the most humid day of all that we were in Montreal and I had to wear my boots because they wouldn't fit in the suitcase (too much shopping)
We got on our train and was all excited to see the sights again from that view, actually knowing what everything was this time. We went through a thunderstorm and it was really cool. The train got really dark and we could see lighting flashes every once and again. Clearly it was a long, busy vacation for us, as Will fell asleep on the train - without me even knowing - I was having a conversation, apparently with myself.
Overall, an amazing vacation - we took so many photos, can't share them all, and will definitely go back again some day (maybe not on the weekend of the Grand Prix). We also want to take on Quebec City, as everyone we've talked to has said it is a must, especially after a trip to Montreal.
Pictures from top to bottom: Will excited to see a turtle in the Biodome; 2 puffins in love or asleep; me in front of the Olympic Tower; Will asleep on the train
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