Victoria Day!

When asking around Montreal I was basically only informed that Victoria Day was, "a holiday." In French it is Fête de la Reine. I did a little Wikipedia and found that it is a Canadian public holiday celebrated on the last Monday before or on 24 May, in honor of both Queen Victoria's birthday and the current reigning Canadian sovereign's official birthday, ie. The Queen of England. It is considered an informal mark of the beginning of the summer season much like Memorial Day in the USA.

It turned out to be quite sunny and warm today (70F) and the parks and cafes were busy. We picked up our friend Katya and headed for Mountain Equipment Coop so I could get the requesit (sp) sleeping bag, sleeping pad, and hiking shoes for our summer adventure to Alberta. Along the way I looked out the window and this lady is in rapt coconversation at a cafe and her breast is literally dangling out there. I was like, "what the fuck?" Then she sort of half-hazardously raised this baby up and it starts to suckle as she and her two friends keep yapping. You would have thought she was giving a first person testimonial of the birth of Jesus?

I'm all about the right to nurse in public. It's natural, and as mammals we have all either done it or are nail-bitters. There is a fine line however between nursing your baby and plain old "getting your tits out." It was a nice cafe. We were in the middle lane of Rue Park (aka Park St.) and I did not get a photo of the situation that really shows the bravado/exhibitionism of the mom/wet nurse but I think you get the idea. She kind of makes curb-side prostitutes seems shy.