The sun came back out but the wind is brisk and there is a chill in the air. Fall is coming I guess.
Our first stop this morning was the Marche Bonsecours to buy a few souvenirs and gifts. After leaving our loot at the hotel we walked to the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal. The massive stone church was built between 1672 and 1683. It was expanded in 1824-1829 to its present size. It boast a pipe organ with 7000 pipes. The Chapel of Notre-Dame de Sacre-Coeur was built 1888-1891 and has a smaller pipe organ of 1648 pipes. Both the main church and the chapel have several stained glass windows and very intricate woodwork. Truly works of art.
After the basilica we took at cab ride to Schwartz Hebrew Deli, home of the famous smoked meat. This deli is so famous that someone wrote a musical about it. We ordered corned beef on light rye with coleslaw and dill pickles. The sandwiches were full of meat and tasted great. Now we know why this place is so famous.
Instead of taking a cab back we decided that we needed to walk off some of our lunch. Once we got back to Old Montreal near our hotel we stopped for some liquid refreshment at a sidewalk cafe and watched the pedestrians go by.
In the evening we were to the Papillon Cafe. We had had dessert here the previous evening. We were fashionably late but found that others had the same idea. We sat at the bar to wait for our table. Rich and Phoebe had a martini. I asked the barkeep fora Lemon Drop. He replied that he did not know how to make one but that he was willing to look it up in the Internet and give it a try. His try was very tasty. For dinner we enjoyed squash soup and either pork loin stuffed with blueberries and cranberries or rabbit with a white wine tarragon sauce. The food was delicious but we had no room for dessert this night.
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