After one last trip to Notre Dame, we left Montreal and drove to Kingston, Ontario. We are staying in my old neighborhood from grad school, and tonight will eat at the restaurant where we held our wedding banquet in 2006! 😱 🎉 👰♀️💗🤵♂️
Amazing to be back here with our children 🧑🧑🧒🧒
In the second segment of this Neverpo.st episode researcher Emily Owens discusses “BrainRot” as a rare method of decompression for today’s teenagers: There are loads of things you could do to decompress. Sometimes it is use your phone, but oftentimes it’s go for a walk, like go for a swim, take your bicycle out, paint a painting, write a little story. And we’re, I think, systematically discouraged from doing those things because those things don’t make anybody any money.
Now for some Cirque du Soleil 🎪
2 last morning shots of le Château Frontenac before we get on the train to Montréal. Over the past 100 years it has been expanded 5 times, taking the room count from 160 to over 600. In the 90s they almost lost their 5 ⭐️ rating for lack of a pool and spa so they built one! 🏊 🧖♀️
We GOBLIN’d it up in Quebec today #kdrama
Navigating the unfamiliar campus of Laval to pick my daughter up from her university for the first time. So THIS is what it feels like to be that awkward/proud parent 😅
Crossed the plains of Quebec to the capital city, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain and the only walled city north of Mexico. We checked in at the hotel, did a walkaround, and ate some crepes. Tomorrow we reunite with our older daughter who has been here 5 weeks studying Français!
On the rooftop of the place we are staying and we got one of these tower thingies. Le Fancy!
Current status: Quebec City ⚜️
This is the furthest east I have ever been in my life‡ 🙀
‡ Most of my travels have been in the Far East
Last day in Montréal! Walked a bunch including up the mountain! 🥵 Lovely view. Had amazing handmade spicy noodles 🍜 for dinner. (Seriously get the Oil Spill noodle, spicy cucumber, and spicy tofu strips. Perfect for a hot day!). Bon nuit Montréal! 🌇
Started reading: Awakening from the Daydream by David Nichtern 📚
Takes a modern twist to teach the Six Realms of the classic Wheel of Life (Bhavacakra)
#Buddhism
Today was “Dome Day” in Montréal for us. We first visited the Biodome by the Olympic stadium dating from Olympics in 1976. Afterwards we saw the Biosphere designed by Buckminster Fuller himself for the 1967 Expo.
The sun sets on a hot and smoky day in Montréal. We walked around quite a bit. Sunburned. Saw The Ring. Ate crepes. Hit Schwartz’s. Walked by a ton of murals. Drank with witches. Daughter pet cats. What a day!
Wife & daughter went to a cat cafe 🐈🫖 but my allergies prevented me so I opted for the Witch Cafe 🧙☕️ across the road. Drinking a sage latte, checking out the wands and spell components. You can get a tarot reading! Blessed 💫✨😊 www.instagram.com/moonbrewm…
Had a full day in Montréal: met with a friend, a lot of walking around, visited the Notre Dame Basilica, ate lobster poutine, and saw Just for Laughs on stage! #travel #photography
Walking around Montreal this morning I stumbled upon the Just for Laughs Festival! Other than smoked meat sandwiches this is probably the thing most Westerners like me know about Montreal. I grew up watching the Anglo comics on stage. Cool to see it in person!
Finally touched down in Montréal. That’s a LOT of travel just to end up in the same country. 😅
Woke up at 5am, ready to head to the airport for our family trip to Quebec. 🥱
Check email ✉️
Flight cancelled 🙅
Early morning panic 😵💫
Check in to rescheduled flight 👨✈️
Go back to sleep for an hour 😴
Finished Black Powder War by Naomi Novik 📚
Whoever thought Napoleon crushing Europe could be described as “light” and “fun”? 🙃 Well, there are dragons and this isn’t Malazan.
Anyways, I am 22/20 for my 2025 Reading Goal. Was shooting for more papers but can’t quite help myself. #books #reading
Started listening to Black Powder War by Naomi Novik 📚 in the car on my drive to Kelowna and back. Got 71% the way in over the weekend. Fun to be with these characters again, and a nice light break from Malazan.