Montreal Trip - Day 10

It appears we have chosen Montreal wisely - they are having their Jazz Festival this week!!! What a great time to be here! Things don't get really going until late, so we kept to my plan of visiting the old town. We drove around Griffintown and discovered the homes have all been bulldozed to make room for huge parking lots. The lots seem to be used to store cars that come off the ships. I guess this place used to flood a lot and the whole area was diseased and slum-like. The roads are still there, so we found the blocks where the Coogans used to live. The Cote des Neiges Cemetery was great - the stones all had markings on them (easy to find) and the whole place was very organized. We found the stones of Owen and his children - he was the first of us to come over from Ireland. The kids seemed interested... At the end of the day, we went back to the hotel (Four Points by Sheraton on Rue Sherbrooke) and dropped off our car. We then spent the rest of the evening walking around the Jazz Festival. There were some great performances and the whole environment was relaxed and safe. The kids have really never spent any time in a "sky-scraper" city, so they ate the whole experience up! It will be a great few days!