The Way I See It . . .: Our October Trip Through Quebec: Day 6

October 6, 2011 ~ Day 6: Another beautiful blue-sky-kind-of-day! It's check out day, and our last morning in Montreal. Because of the rain our first few days, we didn't get to see some of the sights that are best seen on nice days - such as going up to the top of the Olympic Tower.
So after breakfast, checking out, and retrieving our car from the parking garage, we started our driving tour of Montreal. First up, we wanted to see Habitat 67, which made the #8 spot on the list of 50 Strange Buildings of the World.

We passed by the Biosphere

and crossed the Jacques Cartier Bridge

and made our way to Olympic Stadium and Tower

An amazing cable car took us to the top:

It looked like this for the first part of the ascent, thru a tunnel

then we rose above the tunnel...this is the first

glimpse of the outside world, going up:

At the top, we experienced a 360 degree view of the area!

Jacques Cartier Bridge over the St. Lawrence

Looking north toward Parc Mont Royal (antenna onthe left horizon) and St.Joseph's Oratorio (dome just to the right of center horizon)

and the Montreal skyline

After our Olympic Stadium experience, I wanted to revisit two spots from our bus tour yesterday, to get better/more personalized shots.

First Stop: St. Joseph's Oratorio. The view from the spot our tour bus stopped yesterday did not do this place justice. I wanted to capture the sense of the beautiful surrounding gardens and the long, long walkway from the street.

Next stop: Parc Mont Royal to get more personalized captures of these amazing Montreal views!

And that ends our Montreal visit!! Following an early afternoon Dairy Queen[!] break, we headed 90-minutes north to our next destination: a little town in the Laurentian Mountains, not far from Mont Tremblant, but more affordable ~ Val-David, Quebec!