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Interesting house….the neighbors must really like each other.

Mini Scarecrow!

Union Station, different feeling in different weather.

Work work work…

A few more highlights from the Montreal Trip.

Have a good week!

Continuing from the first Day, day 2 was spent wandering through the different neighbourhoods of Montreal.

Walking through the Parc La Fontaine in the morning.

A pigeon sits on the fence. I really like the exterior staircases and multi-story building in the downtown region.

Wandering through the Plateau district. The streets are filled with local shops showing new styles/ideas. In the side streets there are garage sales.

A community of orthodox Jewish community along Rue Saint-Viateur


St-Viateur Bagels, established in 1957 and each bagel is still baked with wood-burning oven. Delicious!

Tam Tam Jam on Sundays in Mount Royal Park.

Both visitors and locals are encouraged to participate in the music and dancing.

People bring in their own instruments and start jamming.

Reminds me a lot about Kensington Market in Toronto.

At the other end of the park, people gather with foam-padded weapons & shields to fight mock medieval battle. I was itching to jump in.

People size each other up and pick their match.

The battles would last for several minutes, then the 2 sides would reset and charge at each other again.

There is no limit to age, though I didn’t see any ladies join in the battle.

Definitely need to go back and spend more time in Montreal!

A traditional Indian engagement ceremony, where the two families came together to celebrate this great event through exchange of prayers, gifts, and blessings.

The location was BraeBen Golf Course Banquet Hall, overlooking the greens.

At the Pandit Ceremony, Rishi listening to the priest’s prayers.

Lighting of the incense at the beginning of the ceremony.

The immediate family gathering in a circle, partaking in the rituals.

Chanting the blessings.


Shelley joins the circle in the latter part of the ceremony.

The decorations leading to the banquet hall.

Great choice of the cake, everyone laughed upon seeing it!

The Sagan Ceremony, where Rishi will receive gifts from Shelley’s side of the family.

The Ring Ceremony, where Rishi presents Shelley THE ring she has been waiting for!

The Chuni Ceremony, where Rishi’s side of the family gives Shelley gifts.


A gallery of photos from the engagement ceremoney: HERE in full page.

Congrats to the officially engaged couple!