Day 2...

Yesterday and today have been a lot of fun. We've not seen much of the city but from the news and other tourists we've basically gathered it's not really worth trying on this particular weekend... due to the fact that the Montreal Grand Prix brings in the single most amount of tourists then any other event to Montreal... very different then the US Grand Prix was in Indianapolis. Here it seems like everyone is living and breathing for Formula 1... oh wait, not those in downtown who live here and are just trying to go about their daily business but are being subjected to throngs of tourists who don't know what they are saying, or where they are going!

One thing I have already "missed" about Columbus is having to deal with smoking. It seems like everyone smokes be it Cigars or Cigs, either way it's yucky & smelly! I miss the smoking ban in public places!

We walked a little less today then we did yesterday though it feels like the same amount, or maybe more! And we're not done yet... we're going to go to Hard Rock Montreal for dinner, after some mistaken meal choices yesterday (i really think instead of chicken i got a veggie burger) we need a good meal and so we are heading to a place where at least we'll know what to expect. And I've already given into the fact that we're tourists, we look like it so may as well act like it!

Yesterday we were looking for lunch and walked and walked looking for something, we settled on a local pizza place. Only to find out after we ate and left that the place RIGHT NEXT DOOR was Schwartz's (which apparently is a Montreal favorite). So if we'd walked a few steps further we would have found it... maybe next time :)

Tomorrow we'll get up, pack and check out of the hotel... go to the race, come back to the hotel pick up our baggage and high tail it to the airport to catch our flight to London! (yay for going to an English speaking country... even though it's a little different type of English). We'll do some laundry and rest a little before spending our weekend at the 24 hours of Le Mans.

We stayed at an Econo Lodge here in Montreal and what they lack is 5 star hotel qualities of super pimp accommodations they have made up for in service, sometimes it seems like the more you pay for something the less you really get... but this has been a good case of the opposite.

Back to a little race discussion before i end my ramblings, it was AWESOME to watch qualifying with the grandstands packed as much as they would be for race day! Everyone was fully in it and respectful fans made it a great experience. . . I can't say I'm happy that Lewis is on pole, would have been nice to see Kubica (who came out so strong after his crash here last year) on pole, but you can't say Hamilton didn't do a great job to got on pole, fast laps in practice and just consistently putting the pedal to the medal... ok gotta stop sounds like i might like him or something! I have to wonder if Ferrari didn't expect the rain that hit us about 15 minutes after qualifying ended to come sooner and thus have their cars set up for that because their showing was not their usual domination... I guess we'll see what tomorrow brings, there is a slight chance of rain, otherwise it will be HOT hot HOT!

We did a walk around the infield of the track to make sure we weren't missing anything, enjoyed a honda booth that had the 9 difft gens of civic on display in an air conditioned space! Lots of stuff for sale, and lots of ways to spend money... we basically resisted the urge for now because anything we buy now would have to be lugged around for the next 28ish days. We also visited the Casino Montreal, which was very nice, we should have tried our hand at winning some of the funds back from our trip ;) but we weren't feeling the luck at the time.

The last thing I can think of before I stop to check ourselves into our flights for London (which we can hopefully get seats together) is I really do prefer watching tv in English as opposed to French :p