A week in Montreal

As I anticipated, my week of work was pretty intense, but I did manage to get out for at least a short walk most evenings.


 
This (the white lighted line) is a section of the old city wall, built in the early 1700s.

 
A row of vibrant coloured houses near the job-site, on a walk at lunch.

 
I enjoyed a nice fog one night - you can faintly make out the old grain elevator.

 
Notre-Dame Basilica, and the memorial to the founder of Montreal, Paul de Chomedey.

 
This is what happens when you've got your camera set to a 15 second exposure time, and accidentally press the shutter button while walking.  I quite like it!

 This is the building furthest along, with much of the aluminum panels installed.  Starting to look like what I had imagined!

 And this is the size of one of the panels, to show scale.

 
The main public space along the front of the hospital, a well-lit double-height space.

They plan on having the waterproofing and insulation installed by end of November, so they can continue working inside through the winter, and then install the rest of the metal panels in spring.

 
A great building near my hotel - this is a huge atrium, about 9 or 10 storeys high.

 
One of the Metro (subway) stations on my way to work - an almost cathedral-like feeling.

 
I left on Saturday afternoon, and cut out of work in time to make a short return visit to St Joseph's Oratory.  The fall colours are just starting to come in.

 
A former museum along the way, now a pharmacist.

 
The beautiful guardian of the dumpster, on the corner of the pharmacy.

 
 It is 283 steps up to the main doors (the three doors in the middle).  The 99 steps of the staircase leading up to the lowest level are climbed by pilgrims on their knees.

 
One of the stations of the cross - beautiful carvings.

 The altar, with a huge cast-iron screen behind.

 
Deep inside the lowest level, there's an area where you can see the foundations attached to the exposed rock wall of the hillside, and a statue of the Virgin Mary - a surprising and beautiful little spot!

 
And one more quick visit to the market, in its autumn finery, on my way to the airport.

Another great, and productive visit to Montreal - always so good to go back there!!