Two Feet and A Heart Beat

It is a good thing I like to walk because, Friday... I walked up over the "mountain" all the way across town. It actually isn't even close to be across town, but it sure felt like it (especially when looking at the Metro Map! Don't be fooled by the Metro map by the way... that isn't at all how the city is distributed!!!!)

The day started out with a really nice lunch at Bonnys, a vegetarian restaurant that I had been meaning to try out for weeks since it is so close to my house. I wasn't disappointed. The atmostphere was really laid back, the server was friendly (and very anglo) and the food was delicious. I have to say it did take a while to get the food but once it arrived I didn't care anymore. I ordered the Boca Burger which is:

"Homemade chickpea flour and black bean burger served with an avalanche of fresh salsa, cheddar cheese, organic sour cream and sliced avocado (*vegan option available!)"

It was served open faced, so you had to cut it to eat it... not quite a burger... but it was so delicious. The salsa was warm and fresh, with the perfect amount of cilantro. The "burger" itself was yummy, although a bit dense, almost couldn't eat it all!  It gave me some much needed energy for what was to come.

So, we walked.

A lot!

It was a nice sunny day, so we thought it would be nice to go to the top of the "mountain". That huge, Mountain they have in the middle of the city.  At its highest peak it is 233 m above sea level. I love this quote from Wikipedia:

"At this height, it might be otherwise considered a hill, but it has always been called a mountain."

But okay, Montreal. You have a Mountain.

Anyways, we trekked up and OVER the mountain to the other side, which is something I hadn't done before so it was kinda neat to see that it was do-able.  So we arrived in the Plateau area and did some exploring there and just kept on walking up to the Jean Talon area where we were meeting people. It took about 4 hours to traverse what we did. Mind you we stopped in at a few shops along to way to look for vintage postcards, new outfits and cool art... but it was quite the long walk.

I am always impressed (and ever so happy) about where my little feet can take me.  I love being able to walk from A to B.  It is probably one of the things I enjoy most about city living. The pure convenience of using your own means-well and public transit- to get around!

After going home to rest for a bit (I took the Metro home in case you were wondering) and then I went out to see a band that I first knew about from Kelowna. They are originally from there, but moved down to Vancouver recently.  They put on a really good show in a really good venue.  The opened the night, so they played early at 9 pm. Which is really too bad because the venue hadn't filled up yet and in my opinion they were the best act of the night!  Those boys are going to do really well and have been getting a lot of well deserved hype lately.  I sincerely hope they become more successful, as they are all kind-hearted guys (and obviously excellent musicians!).