Yes, there are two posts today. If you are a cruising fan and missed the earlier one on our stateroom, it is below this one.
Here they are for my readers who follow me for my photography and have been asking about what happened on my third day in Montreal. I’m so sorry I forgot to put them out there. I got into the cruise stuff and forgot to add them.
On our third morning, I awoke onboard Vista. One of my favorite things about overnights on cruises is that you can get on or off at any time of the day or night. So I was up at my usual 5:15 and walking out of the port at 5:30. Here’s what I shot on that walk. Don’t forget; if you click the first shot, you can then scroll through with your arrow keys or by swiping…and PLEASE…don’t look at my photography on a phone. Please…
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- Early morning moon
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- Early morning mood with buildings.
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- Vista in the dark
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- A really cool dark shot. Turn your brightness up.
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- The Marine sign…
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- I am told it is a Montreal landmark.
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- I shot this standing in the middle of a lock on the Lachine Canal
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- A sign in Montreal’s Old Towne
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- It was like being back in France.
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- With tiny French streets.
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- Just gorgeous and blue hour gave me great light.
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- More of the same.
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- This is the front of the building I shot the night before…
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- ..that’s now a shopping mall
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- Back on the streets
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- The light gets lighter.
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- And changes to Golden Hour
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- When I found this church.
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- With really nice lighting
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- And one last look at the sun on the dome.
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- Symmetry
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- Looking back on the city. The light was better on the city…
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- but the sunrise was not as incredible.
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- From Vista’s upper deck once back on board.
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- The no-longer-used Lachine Locks
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- But still cool to take photos of.
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- The city from the highest point on the ship.
Back on board for breakfast
Once back on board, we met the group (sans later sleepers Jamie and Steve) for breakfast in the buffet—which was outstanding. I will do a whole post on the food toward the end of the cruise. Then we took a walk down the waterfront with most of the gang to see Old Towne. I took about 25 photos, and I am not happy with a single one of them. The light was directly overhead and incredibly harsh. Not even going to bother to show them to you. Just know, they were bad. And nothing I could do made them in any way special, and I can usually fix them somehow.
Afternoon boat tour
We wanted an activity that didn’t involve a lot of walking, so we decided to do a harbor cruise on a smallish boat. We used Bateau Mouche. Don’t use them. It was NOT a good value. $21CAN for a 45-minute ride, of which half was the same sights as the first. We got to see the river and learned some fun facts, but we all voted that we wished we had gone with another company or skipped it altogether.
I got some photos, but the best ones were of the Six Flags amusement park that sits on a man-made island in the middle of the St. Lawrence. Those were fun. And a couple of other river-cruise-type shots. Here they are—you know the drill.
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- Thought I would get a pic of the other side of the Big Wheel
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- And the other side of the Clock Tower.
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- Two island monuments
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- A very old cruise ship now sailing with a cruise line we have never heard of—Ambassador.
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- Six Flags Roller Coaster
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- Six Flags swing.
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- Habitat 67 in Montreal
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- Back on land I took a short walk and got this shot of Vista.
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- Tugboat in Montreal
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- And this sadly, abandoned factory also on the Lachine.
That about covered our time in Montreal. It was a great city. Lots to do, and if you haven’t been there, I highly recommend it. We had a great time, ate great food, saw many cool sights, and so much more. Tomorrow, a little more about the ship and our visit to Québec City. We did sail right on time and had a very peaceful voyage down the St. Lawrence River to Québec City.
Montreal is a great town. There’s equal parts blue-collar town.
—Jay Baruchel
No pic of the “BIG OWE”. ? Ask your Montreal friend. Lol