Jazz Festival: Montreal June 2003

I took a long weekend to visit Montreal, Canada for their annual Jazz Festival.

I flew on US Airways  from New York's Laguardia airport and in just two hours I was in Montreal.  American visitors to Canada now need to have a passport.

From the Montreal airport, I took a train to the metro, which ironically enough uses the same cars as the Paris Metro.  I bought a 3-day tourist card en francais but realized later that everyone speaks english very well and can switch easily back and forth.  I found my bed and breakfast which turned out to be a room in a lovely woman's apartment, so it felt more like visiting a friend than being in a hotel. 

After checking in I wandered around the old city which felt very European with it's stone buildings and cobblestone streets.

I was also looking for an interesting apartment building that I had seen on a previous trip,  I saw it looking out from one of the piers.

The Jazz Festival was set up with stages around town, you could pick up a map with a schedule and amble around for free.