Day 3 was really the reason we went to Montreal... NEW YEARS! We had decided the day before that we were going to hang out during the day and do some sightseeing and then go to the Coca Cola New Years Eve party at night. When we woke up we were starving! We had done some googling and decided that for breakfast we were going to go to a little place called Eggspectations. We got seated with no problem, thank god, because when we walked by the next day the wait for breakfast was 2 hours! The menu was extensive. I think we would all agree that picking what we were going to eat might have been the most stressful part of the entire trip. But we eventually figured it out. While waiting for our food to arrive, we were intrigued by a baby that was roaming around the restaurant parentless. We wanted to relax, but we all had our eye on that baby because obviously the parents didn't. When the food came though, the baby didn't even cross our minds. Trying to describe the food would just be unfair, so here are some pictures.
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| My Fabulous Eggs Florentine |
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| Christine's Fancy French Toast |
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| Grace's Upside-down Eggcellent Egg Sandwich |
After a fabulous breakfast we were ready for our day. Only problem was that we had no idea what we wanted to do. We re-grouped and bundled up at the hotel to decide what we wanted to do. We decided we would go to see the Notre-Dame Basilica and scope out where this New Years Eve bash was going to be.
When we arrived at the Basilica we were surprised to find out that the entrance fee was $5. We questioned it for a second, but ultimately decided that we needed to be cultured and go inside. Personally, I am so happy we forked up the $5 and went inside. It was beautiful.
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| Notre-Dame Basilica |
After that we wandered around and explored. Found some seesaws and played in the snow.
Finally it was time for us to grab some dinner and head out for our New Years Eve celebration. We found this little place called Pub St. Paul close to the New Years Eve party where we got a pitcher of sangria and ate pub food. I would like to add, they were packed, so we were "eating" dinner for about 3 hours.
After dinner we made our way down to the sea of people getting ready to ring in the new year. It was like an outdoor concert with food trucks and performers. The majority of the songs were in French though, which made things a little confusing.
Fireworks followed the french countdown and alas! It was 2016!
In the end, there its no one I would have rather been with to try and understand Canadian gas pumps, exits in French and terrifying border questioning.
May this be the first trip of many with my two best friends!
HAPPY 2016 EVERYBODY!!!
xoxo, Abby
So here's what I really want to know--the three of you spend so much time thinking about food, talking about food, writing about food, taking pictures of food and eating food--so how in the world do you all stay thin? Please, tell me, I need to know this. I'm so glad that you three had such an awesome trip. On your next trip, I think that you should include your mothers!
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