Lori and I like to pack our weekend trips as full as possible. It takes some strategic planning, and often a decent amount of caffeine, but we’ve gotten pretty good at hitting the major attractions of a city in a 2-3 day span. Of course, when in Montreal, we couldn’t miss the famous Cathedrale Marie Reine du Monde (English: Basilica of Mary, Queen of the World). Although not as colorful as Notre Dame, it was also much less crowded. While there, a small assortment of tourists and homeless came and went, but we basically had the place to ourselves.











