2019 Canadian F1 Grand Prix, Part IV: The Race

Time to go watch some F1 racing!

Both my wife and I prefer experiences over a gift. This experience was special because it combined my favorite things to do; drive long distances, travel to a new city, and watch live a Formula 1 race.

2019 Canadian F1 Grand Prix

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

After the race is over, people jumped the fence and walked the track. I would like to see this happen at Fenway Park after the Red Sox finish a game.

Tire remnants scrubbed off due to the friction of racing.

2019 Canadian F1 Grand Prix, Part III: The Cars

Wow! Never have I seen such varied and high-end display of automobiles. When the race comes to town people love to show off their wares. Most of the high-end cars all had local license plates.

I took 70 photos of ultra rare and fast cars during the F1 weekend. Here are 10 of my favorites:

2011 Pagani Huayra, only 100 ever manufactured, $3.3 million price tag.

Supercharged Chevrolet Cobalt SS

Turbocharged Chevrolet Cobalt SS

How do you tell the difference between the turbocharged and the supercharged cars? Different rear wing!

Bentley Bentayga and Lamborghini Aventador Spyder

BMW M850i, on sale for only 7 months.

4th generation Dodge Viper

2018 Lamborghini Urus

McLaren 570S

LaFerrari (center), only 500 ever manufactured, $3.5 million price tag.

2018 Lamborghini Urus (front), McLaren 720S, and a 2018 Bentley Bentayga. 

2019 Canadian F1 Grand Prix, Part II: The Food

The Farmhouse Tap and Grill

We stopped in Burlington, Vermont for lunch. My wife suggested this place from a recommendation on Foursquare. A local hard cider, then cheesy biscuits for the appetizer, and a vegetarian sandwich for her and the ground pork sandwich for me.

yeah...no thanks!

Souvlaki Bar Restaurant

We were missing our yearly Greek Festival tradition back home, so we had it for dinner. It was good, but nowhere near as good as the food from the festival.

yeah...no thanks!

The antipasto plate at Dunn's

Dunn's Famous Delicatessen

This delicatessen made the smoked meat sandwich famous. It is similar to pastrami and corned beef.

How could we not eat at Jean-Talon, surrounded by all that delicious food?

Campo's

She found a place that specializes in poulet portugais (Portuguese chicken). 

Le Blumenthal

It was challenging finding a place to eat in Montréal as there were thousands of hungry race fans who also wanted to eat. We found this brasserie on Saint Catherine Street and she ordered the pasta of the day and I chose the burger.

Carlos & Pepe's 

Our last night in Montréal found us at a chain taqueria. Since we had eaten food from Greece and Portugal, we thought to throw in Mexico as well. The beef burrito and the shrimp fajitas were ok. Someone wanted me to hurry up and take the picture as she was very hungry (check out the hands!)

Henry's Diner

On the way home we stopped in Burlington, Vermont for a late breakfast. I ordered a Denver Omelet and she ordered the amazing Breakfast Skillet (I wished I ordered that as well!).

2019 Canadian F1 Grand Prix, Part I: Exploring Montréal

I have never been to Montréal, even though I live only 5 hours and 500 km (307 miles) away. I would like to return without all the hoopla of race weekend. Since all the hotels were booked solid and ungodly expensive, we had to find accommodations outside of the city. My wife found a very inexpensive AirBnB 15 minutes outside of Montréal.

The city blocked off some streets to create a midway for vendors to showcase expensive cars.

A fun photo with the missus.

Marché Jean-Talon 

Someone loves the smell of lavender.

A variety of delicacies are available at the market.

I guess Canada gets a fancier version of Starbucks.

We walked through McGill University to get to Mount Royal.

A panoramic photo of Montréal from Mount Royal.

A hungry scavenger begging for food from tourists.