We spent last weekend in Montréal, our future home (hopefully). We felt we needed to find out what it was really like in the winter. All of our friends have been saying, "No, surely not! How can you live in Montréal? The winters are so horrible!" Well, we did drive into about a foot of snow upon our arrival. But we have that in Boston, too. However, in Boston, we don't have trucks hauling away the snow as part of the standard déneigement procedures.




The snow didn't keep us from having a lovely lunch at Juliette et Chocolat, where I warmed my bones with a Soleil épicé—a spicy cocktail of warm, dark chocolate, cardamom, cinnamon, cayenne pepper, and Bailey's. Mmmmmm.



Nor did it stop us from visiting the Biodome, outside the Olympic Stadium.



Or sledding at Parc Mont-Royal.



We're looking forward to the next visit. The winter's nice, but I'm sure spring is even better.