Today we woke up to another cold and very wet day... but for Jacqui and I it is our last day in Vermont. As Jacqui was still waiting for British Airways to deliver one of her pieces of baggage, we had a late start to the day but still decided to head for a drive north over the Canadian border. The state of Vermont borders Canada, and the city of Montreal is only just over 90 minutes north of Burlington. Montreal is the second largest city in Canada, and the largest city in the Provence of Quebec. Montreal is also the second largest French speaking city in the world after Paris. Today, it was only 12 degrees in Burlington and as we drove north on the interstate we saw the numbers getting lower and lower... when we finally arrived in Montreal it was a very chilly 4 degrees! It was also wet and very windy. We made it to Montreal in time to have a late lunch - we found a nice French Bistro not too far from the car park. Lunch was surprisingly very unique - nice flavours and very reasonably priced. 
After lunch we had a quick stroll around Montreal - Jacqui and I opted to do this indoors as it was so cold. Montreal obviously gets so cold in the winter, that they have quite a maze of underground shopping complexes all linked together. After a quick drive around the centre of the city, it was back over the border to Burlington. Jacqui and I have a very early flight to Boston in the morning.
As we're leaving Mum & Dad (and the laptop) behind, I'm not sure whether I will have access to blog between now and the end of my trip so if you don't hear from me... I'm probably busy maxing out the credit card!
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