My wonderful friend Sarah just came and spent about a week with me here in Burlington. The first day off from work I had we drove the hour and a half drive to Montreal, Canada to check out the city. We literally walked around the whole city that day, only using the metro (subway) once. It was a cloudy day and a little chilly out, but the rain held off and we even got a nice view of the city from Mount Royal.

This building is Montreal's largest shrine, Oratoire Saint-Joseph, a massive structure with a very modern interior. Second only in height to Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. We were both excited to go here but a little disappointed when we saw the inside.

Now this building, Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal, was awesome inside. It was built between 1824 and 1829 and has a huge pipe organ that was being played while we were inside. More to come on our vacation...