Cruise comes to an end in Montreal

Our time on board Seabourn Quest came to a conclusion when we disembarked in Montreal yesterday. A good cruise was had by all even though we missed two ports and had some very unpleasant weather at times. Quebec was just fabulous and it didn't take long to work out that Montreal didn't stack up. Apart from our hotel which is very very good we were extremely disturbed to see the homeless lying around everywhere. There seem to be no end of them and beggars.
Did the Ho Ho bus for two hours and must say it was good, the guide was great and view from Mont Royale was great overlooking the City and the Olympic Stadium.
Today we caught the Metro to the Botanical Gardens which were created in 1937 and extend over 75 Ha. Or 185 acres. The highlight was the Chinese garden where designers decide what they would want and then send them to Shanghai to be manufactured. They are then returned to Montreal and installed. All this takes a full twelve months for a different theme each year. The gardens are really beautiful with everything in full bloom, even down to a fruit and vegetable garden. I managed to pick a couple of tomatoes and realised just what tomatoes used to taste like when I grew them myself and were ripened on the vine. Tomorrow we leave for Toronto by train.