Montréal   |   Accommodation: 1406 Rue Ste-Élisabeth, Montréal

I sleep deeply for close to seven hours! I wake refreshed and excited for the day. Once I get the correct wifi password from the landlord, I am online and able to update everything that needs updating. I transfer and back up all files. After some neighbourhood mapping, I find an IGA grocery store nearby where I will be buying rice and granola bars for the trail. A little farther in the same direction down Saint-Catherine I spot a BulkBarn where I will pick some more powdered milk and hot chocolate mix. I have a few repairs to make on a number of garments, which will be made this afternoon once I return to the flat. I put up a blog articulating this walk quickly onto my personal website and will post it on LinkedIn when content is uploaded. I put a plan together, walking down Saint-Catherine to 1). the Apple Store for a replacement external hard drive cable; 2). some ingredients from BulkBarn; 3). a few items from the IGA grocery market; 4). lunch from Vietnamese restaurant Thanh-Long Pho on the return to the flat, in which I order the Dinner Express B, which comes with soup maison, rouleax impèriaux (2), côtelette de porc grillée, à la citronella, and salade with rib à la vapeur. I am happy! The restaurant is playing the most ridiculous music—instrumental versions of “Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” to an instrumental interpretation of the Chariots of Fire soundtrack. I’m considering bringing an extra large pepperoni wheel back to the flat as I locate a Pizza Pizza right across the street. I return to the flat by 3:30, extra large pie in hand, intent on enjoying it over the evening’s NHL playoff game. I use the time to transcribe the first eleven days of notes written over the walk. This will make the process of pasting content into the now-live blog simple. The intention will be to upload all writing with images to the blog as a means of publicizing my experiences and reflections on the walk. It will be nice to guide people who would like to know more about this challenge to an accessible space online. By the time the game begins at 8:00, I have eleven days transcribed with supporting imagery. I post to LinkedIn, and with that, another form of creative making is set in motion. By 11:00 pm I fall into bed, intent on a deep sleep before rising early to prepare for the next stage of the walk before checking out by 11:00 tomorrow morning.

Today’s distance walked: 10.1 km (city walking)   |    Total distance walked: 634.83 km