Monday morning weather is absolutely beautiful. Bright sun, no clouds. It is supposed to be 84 today. By Wednesday the forecast is for the temperatures to be back to a more seasonal 65. But we will be gone by then.
Today is embarkation day. We can board the Marina at noon, and we can actually walk to it from the hotel, schlepping our rolling suitcases. The ship doesn’t sail until midnight, so we could settle in and then get off and have a little more time in Montreal, should we choose to.
Dinner last night at La Bocata was wonderful. It is a typical French bistro, and the food was delicious. Elaine started with an Old Fashioned while I had a Bloody Gobelin. While that sounds like a tomato-based drink, it was not: gin and other stuff (I forget!) and sort of like a gimlet. For appetizers Elaine had two Quebec cheeses, tomme (a goat cheese) and douanier (with a signature line of ash running through it), while I had six succulent Quebec oysters. For mains, Elaine had cabillaud (black cod) and I had canard magret (duck breast). Oh, and a bottle of wine, of course: a Côtes du Roussillon Villages. No desserts. (Oh, the restraint!)
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Hi,
Monday morning broke beautifully here in Scottsdale, though I wish I was in Montreal enjoying some mussels and pomme frites.
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OUI, OUI,, looks superb. We are home from Vegas, nice and easy flights even though this morning was at 5:30am!!
Can’t wait to see ship pix!