Greetings from Montreal,

Our 10 am AirCanada direct flight from Chicago to Montreal was uneventful—the best kind.  We used the voucher provided and took a taxi into City Center.  We were a little confused by the Chinese script on the hotel and then discovered that we are one block from Chinatown.  Will explore that later.  The hotel, however, is a standard Holiday Inn.  We are traveling with N.  Not long after our arrival, S and A from Minneapolis joined us.  It will be fun to have friends on this adventure.
Our Road Scholar group (38 travelers) met in the lobby at 5:45 pm.  We then went on a ‘very easy walk’ (their description of a 15 minute walk uphill, on cobblestones, on a very hot day) to a restaurant in Old Town.  The restaurant was an old steak house on second floor.  Very good food.  Walked back to the hotel.  We had a short meeting where everyone introduced themselves and told how many Road Scholar trips they had been on.  The winner had been on 19 trips.  This is our second.  I’m tired.  This has been a long day.  Good Night!