{"id":11548,"date":"2015-10-04T13:11:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-04T17:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/?p=11548"},"modified":"2016-10-02T12:59:43","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T16:59:43","slug":"day-9-montreal-to-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckydimattia.com\/photoblog\/2015\/10\/04\/day-9-montreal-to-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 9: Montreal to Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"

After saying farewell to our lovely hotel room, we picked up our rental car and headed up to Mont Royal Park to enjoy the view of the city. We headed to St. Joseph\u2019s Oratory right near the park because it was something I had read about. We had a long drive ahead of us, so I figured we would just swing by and see it, but it turned out to be a ginormous church at the top of a hill, with a really big parking lot \u2013 it looked like a pretty big deal, so we found parking and walked up lots of stairs \u2026 totally worth it. Really really beautiful.<\/p>\n

Back in the car for one last necessity before hitting the road: fresh bagels. Mission accomplished, and we headed south but we didn\u2019t get very far before we found out about a massive detour: the big bridge over the big river was closed, and our internet access was spotty at best. We thought we might have to swim across the St. Lawrence, but we managed to figure it out, and before long, we were at the border and on to the gorgeous green mountains of Vermont (that are actually rather blue).<\/p>\n

Another necessary stop was the Ben and Jerry\u2019s factory in upstate Vermont. Fun tour, delicious ice cream, homage to the flavor graveyard, and back on the road as the sun began to set. A few hours later, we finally saw the Boston skyline \u2026 home at last!<\/p>\n

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