Montréal, c'est magnifique!

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Montréal, Quebec. A weekend of pride 2011, French-Canadian cuisine (in the form of poutine), a lot of walking, and getting info on buying a car to go travel Canada with.

Well, that plan flew out the window! I have been here for 3 months by now, the time has flown by, summer has turned into autumn (a colourful one btw) and the first snow is on our doorstep. Yeah, plans change...

Montréal really is a fantastic city as I had already see from the air actually when I first flew into Canada. Located on an island within the st. Laurent river, it is the birthplace of multiculturalism thanks to 'Pierre Elliot Trudeau' in the 1970's and the seventh largest city in North America.

After that first crazy but fantastic weekend, I happened to get a job in the gaming industry. Checking my native language in games for grammatical mistakes, I share the office with many nationalities which really make it a fun working environment. And so I decided to stay. Rented a room, which I had to leave again a week later due to a bedbug infestation, I then stayed in a halfway house in the village for over a week... VERY happy to get out of there (the bedbugs had followed me) I moved to my current place in the east. Small, but with a private balcony, it was great those first weeks when weather was still between 25 and 30 degrees. (the bugs are all dead and gone)

Yeah, so by now 3 months have passed. Have been really busy for a 5 week period, working long hours each day, traveling 8 subway stations to downtown at 9 in the morning and coming back home again at midnight. Spending the weekends exploring the nightlife with my new-found friends and even went on a day trip to Mont Tremblant (separate blog). I have signed up for a Quebec-sponsored French-learning course that will last until the end of the year so wish me luck. No big updates for now, I am hoping to go south to get some sun in January, probably mexico or Cuba, until then

salut!

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Photos

Yup,that's me.. on Mt. Royal
..when it was still nice and warm and sunny

Dream Lake, Chinese garden.
Botanical gardens.

Montreal biosphere
on St. Helens island

Montreal from Mt. Royal
in autumn colours

My balcony view _ winter
(only three weeks later than 'autumn')

Beetles, beetles, beetles
@ insectarium, botanical gardens