Mont Royal

The McCord Museum explores the history of Canada, and has a wonderful indigenous collection.

However, at the moment it is also host to an exhibition on Balenciaga, including some from the museum, and some of the other fashion designers he influenced.

Then I visited the Barbie exhibition. Barbies represented every country, including Australia. There were also many famous people represented.

Finally, I visited the Museum of Fine Arts. This was a bit disappointing because several of the exhibits were closed due to repairs. Actually, Montreal is undergoing a lot of repair currently - many streets are closed or partly open because they seem to be replacing vast swathes of the sewer system, every museum has some exhibits closed, and construction is everywhere. However, they had an exhibition of books of house, medieval naves, some indigenous art, and a lot of other stuff, spread over five buildings.

A glutton for punishment, I decided to have a quick trip up many stairs to the Mont Royal Chalet and lookout, only to get there via the long route. I found out why on the way down, as there were major maintenance activities in the park too. But the view was magnificent. I seemed to have walked a very long way from the river where I’m staying.