Montreal

Montreal was our destination and by far our favorite place. We mainly walked around, ate at a few restaurants, and checked out all the beautiful churches. And these churches were truly incredibly. In many ways, they were on par with the famous churches in Rome. Again, the pictures pretty much say it all.

This was the first Church, called The Church of Gesu, we happened to walk in off the street when we first were in town, and it ended up being my favorite. They had many MANY saints' relic in the side chapels. It had an adoration space for the Shroud of Turin. And the art work was gorgeous. All the walls and ceilings had paintings of the life of Christ and the Saints, but it looked like a pencil drawing. It was quite unique and I really loved it.
Here is one of the side chapels with Saints' relics.
We went to mass here at Our Lady of Notre Dame Basilica. Although the mass was in french, the wonderful thing about the Catholic liturgy is that mass is the same everywhere in the world. Even though we didn't understand the words, we knew everything that was happening. This Church is spectacular!

We went on a carriage ride around the Old Montreal downtown area and got a bit of a history lesson.
We were mesmerized for quite awhile by this street entertainer.
Of course, we had to enjoy the pool and luxuries of our hotel stay!