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| - Kinda cool, kinda confusing, cool again, confusing, really confusing, then cool again.
There were several areas of the underground (mostly all of it) where we thought thought a gigantic blue line with some arrows painted on the ground would prove immensely beneficial. As long as you were following it, you would be going in the right direction, or at least in a direction.
At one point while we were staring intently at a map a very nice local lady asked us if we needed help (we looked really lost and were trying to decipher the directions in French) and when we said yes, she led us around a bunch of twists and turns for a solid 15 minutes, which was very nice (and unexpected) of her.
We started at Centre Eaton, but midday on a weekday most things seemed to be closed and/or under some sort of construction. We then tried starting at Palace Des Arts, which was easier to navigate. We got to Palais des Congrés pretty easily, and our aforementioned unofficial tour guide took over from there and got us to the "lesser visited" Centre de Commerce Mondial, which was a very beautiful building with a lot of light and a cool reflecting pool.
Despite a few missteps we were able to get to Place Ville-Marie, at which point we realized 97% of the food we saw seemed to be quick service, and we wanted a nice sit down lunch and a beer, so we ventured out of the underground and into the -1 degree weather to find something.
Overall, I'd say you would be much better off going with a local, or at the very least understanding more than three words of French to more accurately read the maps provided.
It's a nice respite from the arctic above, but sometimes, often during peak confusion, we were so close to doors that led outside, we almost took a shortcut through the fresh, freezing air - but only almost.
We were determined to conquer as much of the underground as possible, and I think we did a pretty good job, and you will too.
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