The trip · Montreal

Athens to Montreal

Print pages 56–57

Air Transat 691 leaves at twenty-five past eleven and reaches Montreal at twenty to three the same afternoon, which is the time-zone arithmetic being generous for once.

The last night is not where the first one was. You started on Saint-Denis, up by Rachel; you finish out east, off rue Hochelaga — the airport bus to Lionel-Groulx, the green line to Cadillac, and then a walk longer than "near the station" usually means. Check-in opens at five and you land at twenty to three, so plan for the gap rather than against it.

The world road cycling championships are running that week and roads close across several boroughs from early morning. That is not a forecast about your street — it is a reason not to trust ordinary road times, and to look at the day's route before you commit to anything.