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MOMENTS OF PLEASURE IN MONTREAL - CHAPTER 1

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Once again I was in Montreal. The hotel I had chosen was called L HOTEL and had caught my eye on Internet for the a slogan     Where else can you have breakfast with Lonquist, a martini     with Jim Dine, stroll pas a series of Rosenquists or sleep with     Lichtenstein?     Yes, most of our rooms have original art work also. I was in «Calder» - but it was not original art work as you can imagine. Botero and «Love» were welcoming me after the long haul from Paris. Botero "Love" -that hotel Inside next to the bar Next to this statue Montreal is a little like Mondrian’s «New York» or one of his paintings on the same theme. Neatly set out in parallel lines and impossible to lose yourself in.  Mondrain - New York A Canadian friend is always losing himself in Paris as streets twist and turn. In Montreal, the horizontal streets are very long and in a way, the centre of the city is not unlike New York but without the buzz or energy. It was a holi