Montreal! Yes! I'd been wanting to come to this city for years and it did not disappoint in the least.
I began my adventure in earnest at L'Hotel. Check0in was easy and pleasant; the employees seem to enjoy working here and I can see why. The property mixes pop art with classic, Old World hotel standards. That means good sized rooms with high ceilings and Lichtenstein paintings. Overstuffed chairs and pink penguins. Royal beds (so plush and comfortable) and.. COLOR ME BADD on the PA system! This hotel is, like, 'whoa' and makes no sense and I love it. Every floor and room is adorned in pop art. Take the time to wander the floors (and stairwells) to take it all in. My bathroom was replete with subway tile & a pedestal sink. Plenty of dark wood and large furniture pieces made me feel as though I was in an old European standard but when I walked in the hallway, I could hear ODB rapping about how far he goes back with Mariah Carey. #awesome
The hotel is at the edge of the Old Montreal neighborhood, so you're close enough to restaurants, shops and sights but you're not in the thick of things to stay up all night with hootin' and hollerin'... which is a good thing because I found the walls/door to be a wee bit thin (to be expected in an older property). Housekeeping could have bit a bit better, as well. Upon check-in the oh-so-familiar long black witch hair greeted me on the bathroom floor. I threw a floor towel over it, looked for some incense to burn and tried to forget about it. After all, I was in Montreal. I had things to do!