I've been wanting to try travelling more with our kids, and exposing them to different cultures and languages, so when Alasdair had to go to Montreal for work for a couple days we jumped at the chance to tag along. It was cold and snowy, but we still had a good time. We drove up on a Thursday morning, and Alasdair had meetings all day... so the kids and I explored a bit of Old Montreal, the kids used their three words of French at our lunch restaurant, and we took a caleche tour. I had so much fun being out of cell phone (and gps!) reception, and just having fun with my kids. The girls were surprised and delighted when I said yes to the ride in the horse drawn carriage, and that we got the one with the flower decoration. It was also neat to see them start to get the concept that other people really do speak a different language, and take more interest in how to say things. For dinner we went to a hot chocolate cafe, and had the dessert platter for dinner. The second day, we had Tim Hortons for breakfast and took the kids to the Biodome. They were so enthralled by the frog display in the lobby that we knew right away that had been the right choice. ;) The girls loved following their guidebooks through the four ecosystems and finding animals.
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