Blogs from Saint Laurent, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, North America

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Saturday, October 8th,2011 The next day we went back to the underground to go shopping. My sister and I bought a nice pair of jackets and boots for $100.00. It was buy one and get one for $1. The store was called Ailes, which had similar stuff to one of our favourite stores, Fairweather in Toronto. After shopping we headed off to this street that Renata thought had antique and artist shops but it was pretty much a dead end. I did get a couple of pictures of the graffiti on the walls, which was pretty cool. After wandering around the streets and realizing that there was nothing interesting there, we headed back on the subway and went to this beautiful Church, Marie de la Monde. We then headed of to lunch at a local fast ... read more

hey guys so i know i havent finished the rest of the trips! but i thought id update u :P so this isnt going to be daily like my other ones..mostly cause who wants to know that i spent the day watched 2 movies and sleeping XD but a blog of just events :) so here is what i did for the 2 weeks i had before uni started :) So random order..just for funsies and to confuse u :) Mont Royal Okay so random things i did- i climbed mont royal (okay cant decide if i should feature ppl in this..considering they do not get this email but ill see if will or not) with my friend who showed me round the first day! we did this on the weekend and it poured :( ridiculously ... read more

Woke up on Tuesday for a tour of Quebec city. Skipped breakfast as we had too much food the night before The citedal is beautiful and worth a visit. It is a Unesco world heretage site. The local guide was excellent and she had a voice that could possibly shatter glass at 50 paces. After the tour we had time to explore. The department store (Simons) and the railway hotel and roman catholic church. An early lunch sitting by an open window watching the world go by. Had excellent French onion soup complemented by a great wine. Our waiter had spent time working oposite the English National Opera in London and then lived in Aberwystwth for a year. Back to the hotel for a freshen up before a tour to the Montmorency falls. Followed by a ... read more

Hi guys! I've just got back from another weekend up in Quebec, Canada. I went along with around 18 other international students from RPI for a weekend of fun! We headed up on Friday and had two and a bit packed days of seeing the city and drinking the place dry. Lessons learned along the way: 1. Do not attempt to drink with someone from a cold climate. Myself and a Dane found this out trying to buy rounds with a Finn. He remembers everything, we do not!!! 2. Don't rely on two McDonalds in a day to soak up the alcohol in your system. It doesn't work! Amongst other things, we took a look at old Montréal this time, which we hadn't seen before; it definately raised my views of Montréal in terms of looks ... read more

Bonjour à tous et bienvenue sur mon blog! Je suis présentement chez moi à Laval, en banlieue de Montréal. Au programme, plusieurs lectures pour mon stage de cet été, les dernières rencontres pour dire au revoir à ma famille et mes amis, préparation de mes bagages, achats de dernières minutes… Mercredi, je pars pour Toronto avec Victoria pour au bureau national d’Ingénieurs Sans Frontières (ISF). Nous allons suivre une formation pour notre stage de cet été au Burkina Faso. Le Burkina Faso est un pays en Afrique de l’ouest. Burkina signifie « intègre » en mooré, le mooré est l’une des langues les plus rependues en Afrique de l’ouest, et Faso veut dire « homme » en bamanankan. Le Burkina Faso est donc le pays des hommes intègres. Le nom des habitants de se pays sont ... read more