Hope Floats

A few days ago, we found ourselves back in Old Montreal. We checked out the Science Museum and then went on the ride Thomas most wanted to try - one of those "land and sea" bus rides where the bus gives you a little city tour and then heads into the river - yeah, you read that right, the bus slides right into the St. Lawrence River... nice eh?lol I know a few cities have this type of tour, but I must admit, it made me rather nervous!!lol The tour itself was rather limited and the tour guide wasn't the most informed, but it was fun, if nerve racking. At one point, you just head down a ramp and suddenly, your bus is a boat - or you sure as darn hope it will float!! You do get a nice view of the city from the water. I settled down a bit once I saw that the bus was indeed floating, but I must admit to getting a little nervous again when the guide pointed out some rapids and said we'd be doing a Uturn soon as the bus couldn't handle the current from the rapids... yeah, could we turn, like, right NOW!!!lol Thomas loved it and Emma thought it was cool to be in the water with a bus.

As I'm sure you've all noticed when you take guided city tours, well, they are not all created equal. I must admit that the best tours we've ever been on have been in London and in Chicago. The Architecture Foundation in Chicago has amazing walking, bus and boat tours and the guides are so knowledgeable about every inch of the tour. With this land and sea tour, knowledge was somewhat lacking. The absolute funniest thing was when the guide was pointing out the building known as Habitat 67 and she said it was designed by famed architect Sa1man Rushdie (yes, the one from The S*tanic Verses fame)... excuse me???lol DH and I just looked at each other and hoped she'd just had a slip of the tongue but no, again and again, she referred to him as the architect behind the Habitat 67 project!!lol The famed architect in question is M0she Safdie, not Sa1man Rushdie!!lol

And finally, here's an Emma-ism from yesterday:

Emma: Mommy, you have attitude!

ROFL... excuse me?? This from little Miss Attitude herself!!lol