Outdoors - bad, indoors - good.

A wet day, or at least that was the forecast so the plan was to explore Montréal's subterranean city. Virtually all the major facilities and functions can be accessed via the subway and a series of access passages and thus the extreme cold of winter can be mitigated. We just wanted to avoid getting wet. The small matter of getting to the nearest access point. Unsurprisingly no-one was playing chess - all boxed up. First stop Place des Artes which unsurprisingly was architecturally adventurous but otherwise pretty much deserted except for a noisy school party - the memories. Back via a couple of government offices and the first of many shopping malls. Over the days we had noticed that the main street - Rue St Catherine was fairly quiet - this is where everyone was. The malls and food courts were very busy. Interesting to see how a city can exist entirely undercover - though if there was ever a power cut, Montréal would crumble. Stopped around half way for lunch - some tasty Mexican. Throughout the signposting had been impeccable, that was until the last main mall - try as we might we couldn't get out. Took 2 separate sets of instructions from the information booth. Reckon it was a case of make it hard to leave so you spend more. Not how I work. Eventually reached the end of the loop and just a short hop back to the hotel to get ready for the Ice Hockey.Read more