Memorable Montreal

June 15, 2017, Montreal: Yesterday I took a flight from New York to Montreal and checked in at the Hotel Hyatt Regency.

I am back in Montreal almost after 19 months but am again staying the same hotel I stayed the last time. The weather in Montreal, the largest city in
Canada’s Quebec province, is quite pleasant in June.

While in Montreal, I prefer to be at the Hyatt Regency in down town area of Montreal which is considered to be the city’s entertainment district close to Palais des Congrès convention centre. The Hotel is not far from the city’s museums, Place des Arts, Chinatown and other places, including the two subway lines and the underground city.

I have some of my life’s most memorable memories of Montreal where, during my earlier days, I had spent weeks and months with my aunt at her home by the lakeside.

Another place I never fail to visit while in Montreal is Vinod Kapoor’s restaurant Le Taj. Kapoor had left his native village in Mussoorie in 1985 and moved
over to Montreal. This three-decade-old restaurant is one of my favourites. Visiting Le Taj is like home coming for me.

I find that not much has changed in Montreal and I like it that way. I returned to New York today and shall leave for India tomorrow.

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