My time spent in the city of Montreal can definitely be considered one of the most influential memories. It was nice to go to a city that had such a vibrant, urban setting that still possessed an authentic and rich background. The city reminded me somewhat of New York, busy as ever with a growing population but with the old- fashioned village scenery that areas of France possess. I was excited to go around the city and find different kinds of settings around each corner. One street would have skyscrapers and more modern, contemporary café shops and stores, another street would have open markets and well-known churches and other significant buildings that carry some of the city’s most historic attributes. My biggest fascination was the Metro system. Even though I knew of places that had used the metro system, and have even lived in a state that had one, to me it was one of the biggest conveniences of the whole trip aside from the location of the hotel. I was able to travel to so many places that I had on my itinerary because of the metro and I think my excitement was due to the fact that I have lived in Ohio so long that I had not remembered how beneficial it was to ride the metro. The places I was able to visit such as the Planetarium, Olde Montreal, and McGill University were not within walking distance, and each place carried some kind of significance to me on the trip. As I mentioned before old vs. new especially where Olde Montreal and McGill University were considered but visiting Planetarium made me realize how great it was to have the Metro to our accessibility to be able to visit such extraordinary places. In a sense, I wish I could have explored the city more in depth and use the Metro system more to my advantage, and I probably will in the future, but for now I am happy to have been able to become more familiar with the use of the system.
