The Basilica de Notre-Dame is pictured above and was an unplanned stop in our day. Our original plan was to spend the afternoon at the Montreal Planetarium (originally the Dow Planetarium). We got to the Planetarium at the very moment the English presentation was starting, so we were spirited into the auditorium immediately. They had a very informal and informative presentation geared towards kids understanding stars, constellations and our universe. Yvonne was spellbound with the night sky reproduced on the overhead domed ceiling. We forget that she's always in bed sleeping when it gets dark and the stars come out. After the presentation, we went through the small museum that circles the auditorium. It took us much less time than we anticipated and we found we had an hour and a half paid for parking remaining.

So, we decided to hike down Rue Notre-Dame to go see the famous Basilica. It was truly spell-binding. The art-work of the building itself and that hung, was breathtaking. We attempted to take pictures, but it was quite dark. The picture above has been enhanced as much as it could be without ruining it.

We're really enjoying our campsite. The people are very friendly and seem to be able to take just one look at our blank faces and know to switch to English. There's enough to do right here at the RV park that we're relaxing a bit and just doing a few things in the city. Frankly, a big city is a big city.