Elton John Concert Well Worth the Drive

Within minutes of taking this pic, the alcoves here were filled with homeless people camped out with blankets, sleeping bags, etc...


Its hard to through a rock down st. catherine street without hitting a strip bar....
















this guy was just cool... Very Polite, and we thought creative...

A lot of Montreals homeless can be very intrusive, and downright mean and nasty..
This dude was very well spoken and polite.. Can't quite figure out why someone like that would be homeless in the first place, but oh well.. We can't save the world, but we did end up leaving this guy with about 5 bucks in loose change..

Lots of Amazing old Buildings like this everywhere.

















Subways are an amazing way to get around... fast too!
























Most of these pics were just snapped during the day, out and around Montreal.. Shopping at the HABS store, on the Subway.. At DUNN's for lunch.. etc...





it was raining pretty bad at times, so we didnt get to do too much..
altough the ladies did get some shopping in, and Mike and I had time for a quite beer and some Dinner theatre...... ha ha...


A little later Mike and I got the Subway to the Complete opposite end of town to check out a Music Store I'd Never been to before.... Was cool but I had to get out in a hurry before I was tempted to actualy spend money I don't have...









































































These pics were all taken from my seat...


We had an Awesome View, and the Sound was absolutely incredible..































































hard to believe something so amazing is actually Grafitti... Michelle noticed this one.. I'd walked by it without so much as glancing twice, but when you look at it closer, it really draws you in... GOOD EYE Rizok!



















The View from our Hotal (by day, and by night)






well.... what can I say... We drove a Grand total of 2,687kms to get there and back, but it was worth every KM..

We had Great seats on the floor, and some time to spend puttering about Montreal doing the touristy things.. meeting people, taking in the sites...

I think next time, we'd likely give at least an extra day or more so ya don't feel so rushed to cram things in the Agenda, and maybe also get to know the subway better... but we still had some fun, and got to see some of the sites...

As for the concert itself??? well, I think I've been pretty fortunate these past few years to have seen some really good shows by some really great artists..

Eltons show may not have been the most elaborate, in so far as Lighting, special effects, etc... But he didnt need to me, as Musically.. it was F__king incredible, so much so that special effects would have been a moot point.. as they say..

He played for almost 3 hours straight, no breaks... came to the edge of the stage and signed a TON of autographs... (no, I didnt get one) and the sound was incredible...

you could hear EVERY instrument, every note clear as a bell individually, yet they blended together like they just melted in your ears... Incredible.. And man.. they dude can play that Freaking Piano...

Thanks to Mike and Michelle form coming with us...

Well worth the trip.. Definately one I'd go see again!!!