So we have the luxury of being in Montreal again! A chance to do anything we missed and to redo what we liked the first time.
We are going at a slower pace and like that too.
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Like a giant game of chess from a distance
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We started with a drive up to Mont Royal and stopped in the Cimetiere Notre Dame des Neiges. This is the oldest and largest cemetery in Montreal (Canada?) It has 1 million "residents". It is the Catholic cemetery which started in old town in the seventeenth century but was moved up to Mont Royal in the mid-1800's when the need for space became evident. The cemetery is paired with parkland and is used by Montreal living residents as well. It is beautiful and interesting - has "neighbourhoods" not much different from the city outside the gates - difference cultures and socio-economic groups clustered together.
Another living guest surprised us. This little marmot ignored us and continued to eat the flowers. Its den can be seen under the stairs. One of the private funeral home sites advertises the presence of marmots as a bonus for choosing to be buried here - 'a serene place of natural beauty'.....
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