Sightseeing in Montreal

Didn't have much time to go sightseeing in Montreal. Took some photos from/on the islands where the race circuit was located. Got of the Metro to go into Old town for dinner after the race (the dark photos) then came back to Old Town Monday morning. Almost walked right into a protest march by City workers in the same plaza where I had gone to dinner the night before. Most of the photos are from the Basilica of Notre Dame and the Chapel at the Basilica. The Chapel was amazing - all wood except for the large brass altarpiece shown in the photos.

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From the Nationwide races in Montreal

I have learned that my camera really doesn't like to take photos in the rain. It completely messes with the auto focus particularly in digital zoom. Seems like the auto focus was desperate to find something to focus on so it found the red and white stripes in the fence and blurred everything else. Of course the fact that I wasn't keeping everything dry probably didn't help either. The photos in the sunshine came out ok though! :D

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The New Yankee Stadium

Since American Airlines was going to make me route though New York to get to Montreal, and since the White Sox were going to be playing the Yankees, I decided to lay over one night in NYC to go check out the new Yankee Stadium. It pretty much rained the entire game, so I walked all over the place both to check it out and to stay dry. Couldn't get into Monument Park - since its basically in dead center field they close it during the game. But the new Yankee Museum is awesome. Love that they moved Thurman's locker over intact from the old stadium clubhouse.

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Daughtry at the Henry Fonda Music Box

Only so so in quality. I was up in the balcony which still wasn't that far from the stage but for some reason the ushers decided that my point and shoot Kodak was a "professional camera" so I was having to do stealth photos.

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