After a good sleep, I got up very early (0530) and started teleworking in the hotel room. I took a break for breakfast in the hotel restaurant (0745) and then resumed my work (meetings). Meanwhile, Brenna slept until 0930 and only got out of bed to go to breakfast when I warned her that the restaurant was going to close in 30 minutes. She came back with stories of all the differences she'd been noticing about Canada versus the US. While I continued working, Brenna got ready to leave the hotel. At about 1100, she went looking for a Tim Hortons and, for the rest of the afternoon, she kept contacting me to send photos and tell me about her adventures in Old Montreal (including the Notre Dame Basilica). She seemed to be having a great time and I was happy for her. During this part of the day, Mollie texted with me for a while (mostly to talk about a trail she'd heard about in Canada near Lake Huron - it sounded like a nice place to visit). I finished my telework day at 1600 and texted Brenna to see where she was. She replied that she was walking to a museum she wanted to visit and wouldn't be back for several hours. When I told her I was OK with this, she suddenly changed her mind completely and returned to the hotel (1615). I thought this meant we would go out to explore but she ended up spending the next two hours reading and relaxing in the room. Feeling a bit bored, I took a nap and didn't wake up until 1830. By then, I actually had to wake Brenna up to get her to go out exploring. Once she was ready, we walked over to Rue St. Denis and then took Rue St. Catherine towards the south. I wasn't expecting to find an event going on in the area where I'd attended the Jazz Festival but we encountered something called "Festival International Nuits d'Afrique". There were many more food trucks and music, even stand-up comedy. Fortunately, the weather was very nice. As we explored, I realized we were close to Lola Rosa, the vegan restaurant I'd discovered in June. Brenna said she was interested in having dinner there so we got a table on the mezzanine level inside. We then ordered a Caesar salad, some tomato bread, lasagna (for me) and a quesadilla (for her). I also got a local beer and Brenna got some Sangria. All of the food was excellent - Brenna commented on how good much good stuff was in the quesadilla. We topped off the meal with some carrot cake (also good). During our dinner, we had a great conversation. After finishing (2100), we decided to continue touring the festival venue, which turned out to be smaller than it was for the Jazz Festival. We eventually reached the Scene TD Stage in Partierre du Quartier des Spectacles (a park where I'd spent a lot of time in June) and watched several musical acts, including Sofaz (from Reunion, Maroc and Burkina Faso), a DJ Set and Bim (from Benin). All the music was good and there was a lot of French being spoken. There was also a lot of Africa and other French Colony food/drink but we didn't try any (because we were still full). I found a program and learned there were several more evenings of the festival. Brenna asked if we could return the next day and I told her that sounded like a good idea. Eventually, we both decided that we were tired and made our way out of the venue (2230). On the way back to the hotel, we encountered several of the "pink baby" mascots that seem to represent the area of town (Brenna liked them). At one point, we found ourselves in a rather secluded area - Brenna was not happy about this and asked that we backtrack to Rue St. Catherine. Heeding her request, we made our way in that direction and found a LOT more people there. Since it was still nice weather, I took her farther towards the north (into the LGBTQ section). After watching some live music and buskers, we headed to the hotel. My key didn't work so I had to get it fixed in the lobby. Once in the room again (2300), we both relaxed and unwound and talked about current events. I was in bed by 2345 and Brenna followed soon afterwards. What a nice day!
