Montreal, Day 3

We Rowes spent a fun-filled (but extremely hot and long) day at the amusement park La Ronde today.  On both the subway ride to and from the park, Madeleine entertained the entire train with her repeated loop-singing of "Frere Jacques." 

MADELEINE: Mama?  Is "Frere Jacques" French?
ME: Yes, it is.
MADELEINE: Oh, then that's PERFECT!

La Ronde was packed today, with kids from multiple camps, as well as lots of families enjoying a summer day.  However, we still managed to enjoy a bunch of different rides, including the flume, the wooden roller coaster called "Le Monster," the carousel, and lots of kiddie rides:

On another note, although our hotel doesn't have a good out-and-back hallway to gallop through, Julia has concocted a zig-zagging gallop path for her thinking time.  And in case you're wondering: yes, the Mintz are in Montreal as well.  Imagine that!  Furthermore, Julia has also imagined (though she insists this is NOT related to the Mintz) that the town of Needham took a vote on whether or not our town should "be like Montreal," in that it becomes bilingual.  Much to my Francophile relief, the result of the vote was a resounding yes!  If only in Julia's imagination, at least there is a dream world in which we all speak French!