Montreal, Part 1

I took a walking tour of Old Montreal today.  It was actually two walking tours:  East Montreal was in the AM and West Montreal was in the PM. 

Here are my photos from the morning tours.

The ms Maasdam arrived in the port at 6:30, and I was off the ship by 7:15.  Here's the view as we arrived in port.

These were interesting apartments I photographed from the ship.  I learned they were part of a doctoral project of an architecture student.  Each apartment has an individual entrance and outside area as part of the design.

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The area of Quebec was settled by the French, English, Scottish, and Irish.  Here's a statue of a French woman with a turned up nose to the bank across the street.  The French somewhat resented the merchants and banks (Scottish). 

On the other end of the street is a snooty Englishman.  He's got his nose turned up at the church ... Notre Dame Basilica. 

A statue of the founder of Montreal, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve, 

Notre-Dame Basilica "its interior is grand and colorful, its ceiling is colored deep blue and decorated with golden stars, and the rest of the sanctuary is a polychrome of blues, azures, reds, purples, silver, and gold.:

The altar of the Notre=Dame Basilica. 

Here's a look at the chapel.  The Chapelle du Sacré-Cœur (Chapel of the Sacred Heart), was built behind it and has a modern look.

There's sculpture throughout the city.  Here is a piece representing three gossiping sistersl

After completing this tour, I had a lunch of mussels and fries ... it was delicious!

The tour started and ended outside the Basilica of Notre Dame.  It was to have several weddings this afternoon in the church and the chapel.  Of course, they let us know that Celine Dion was married here.