…we then continued our little ramble, chatting about how lovely it was, how hot it was, and subsequently, how thirsty we were. So we popped into a grocery store and sat in a park for a little while, planning out our next steps.

The nice weather meant that I was both in a colour photo-making mood and, in turn, that meant I was running out of the film I brought with me.

Happily, we were also close to Studio Argentique, a film shop and lab that I have been ordering online from for the past few years and was all too happy to pay a visit to in person …and walk out with three more rolls of Kodak Gold.

Refilled with film and hydrated, we continued our slow wander through the city.

With so many vegan options in Montréal, it wasn’t actually all that easy to make a dinner decision. It turns out that when you have options and you’re not used to it (Ottawa does not have many), it’s a recipe for analysis paralysis. In the end, our wandering took us down to Ste-Catherine and so we decided that dinner would be Bloom Sushi.

Our dinner at Bloom was delicious and instead of choosing a number of rolls, we just chose the set dinner with the chef’s choice of rolls. Following bowls of miso soup and dumplings, a plate of brightly-coloured rolls of all sorts was placed before us: a really tasty delight!

Full and very happy, it was a very slow amble back down to the Métro with a brief stop in at a pharmacy for sunscreen and acetone (I had to clear off my nails for surgery), and then it was back to our hotel to cool down and get ready for bed.

Saturday, June 13

The forecast promised lower humidity and clear skies and a high around 28C: a perfect sunny summer day for us to continue our wandering and exploration.

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