Montreal

 

Montreal is a very European feeling city, including a great subway, a lot of French influences in culture and architecture, and a vibrant street life with parks and festivals.  We were here mostly for the race which took up a lot of the available time but we did manage to see quite a bit of the city including the art museum and the Olympic stadium.  

Our trip started with a long layover in LaGuardia where we went to one of the flagship airport lounges and one of the nicest we've been to - Lauren got a free facial as the massage timeslots were already booked.  LaGuardia itself is also dramatically nicer than the last time we were there and it's like a different place.

Our time in Montreal was great, the weather was perfect, and we enjoyed the city a lot.  

Canadian Grand Prix

 

For Christmas Lauren got me tickets to the Canadian Grand Prix, including access to one of the tents - low-tier, we're not in the class to afford high-end anything at these Formula 1 events!

Montreal was a cool city and although the public transport was busy, it was only a minor inconvenience to get out to the track which is on an island in the river and surrounds the Casino - all pretty neat stuff. 

The weather for the race was a little warm but honestly terrific - the year before it was a torrential rain then entire weekend so we were glad for the pretty weather when we were there.  

The race itself was pretty interesting, with an unexpected winner, but there wasn't a ton of action on track for us to see for some of it.  The lower category races were pretty interesting though, especially the F1 Academy races.