Today's ride was wonderful, after a slightly delayed start due to Serge blowing his tyres up pumping them up, we moved out of camp at about 8am and were soon riding along a beautiful river bank. After a few KM we crossed a huge bridge and then got lost. It took us a couple of minutes to sort out what was happening and then we set off again stopping briefly to let those who had also got lost catch up.
About 2 hours into the day we stopped for breakfast and once again completely swamped a restaurant, I really felt for the waitress as she battled to stay on top of the orders. I ordered a full breakfast and actually got an omelette but I'm not choosy!
We moved off again and cycled along the cycle paths that run alongside the St Lawrence River, at one point we saw some people surfing on the river where the rapids create a static wave. They drop into the river just above it and then try to ride the wave, it was quite impressive and obviously more difficult than it looked although as you can imagine we gave some good advice!Shortly after midday we got to Montreal where we split up and just did the sight seeing thing; Montreal is a beautiful place, much like some of our European cities, it has churches, plazas and many parks and pretty public areas plus of course all the Olympic buildings.
After a brief tour of the town I headed to Daniels house, via the Olympic Stadium, where I was to stay for the night, and then we did a car tour of the town and up Mont Royal to see the view of the city.. Jody, Carol, Kelly, Judy and Marie Andre joined us later and after a few beers we hit the sack.
Tomorrow is an easy day on 80 miles or so and Flat ( Imaging being able to say 80 miles is easy!)
Onwards and Upwards
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