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Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the south across an unfortified border. Canada's paramount political problem is meeting public demands for quality improvements in health care and education services after a decade of budget cuts. The issue of reconciling Quebec's francophone heritage with the majority anglophone Canadian population has moved to the back burner in recent years; support for separatism abated after the Quebec government's referendum on independence failed to pass in October of 1995.

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By candee
November 9th 2005

Day 2: Arrival!

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Frites alors! Poutine fun.
Believe it or not, we're sober here. They gave us crayons to draw with! And there's poutine! What a deadly combination.

9:30am: L'Arrival, Montreal-Trudeau airport. After the insanely miserable red-eye flight and the boring transfer and being awake for the last 20 hours or so, I finally finally arrive. French land! There is so much more French than I'd expected! It's oui this and non that. Crazies. Spent some time trying to figure out where the dealio the L'aerobus (shuttle to downtown) was with my pathetic french. Hopped on the shuttle to Berri Central and met up with Andrea! Yay! Her bachelorette pad is the coolest nichiest spot in the plateau. Ooh la la. I was there to see the christening of [View Full Entry]

By candee
November 8th 2005

Day 1: The Trip from HeLL

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I was keener and arrived at the airport 2 hours early, at 9pm for an 11:05pm red-eye flight. Along the way I bumped into Mike who said he'd be in Toronto for 18 hours before heading to Montreal, but the real problem was, where would he shower? Helloooo KFC wet wipes... Fact #1: YVR is ghetto. When I went to the WestJet counter to check in, this is what happened: WestJet: Hi, your last name? Me: Lee WestJet: Candy Yuen Yan? Me: Yes..? WestJet: Perfect, here's your boarding pass, and leave your baggage in the corner wall behind me there Me: [View Full Entry]

By atm2005
October 24th 2005

The waiting game

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We discovered that the only cheap flight we could get to Calgary would leave at 7.30am on Saturday morning so i felt that it seemed logical for us to spend that night in the airport, then we could save on a nights accommodation and ensure we did not miss the flight. So around 9pm we went to the airport and just sat there, it was hard going and i soon thought i'd had a really stupid idea to do it this way. I tried to sleep at the airport and i think that i did sleep a bit but if i [View Full Entry]

By atm2005
October 23rd 2005

Montreal

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It was a seven hour drive to Montreal from Toronto, this was an experience i was looking forward to mainly because the city is french speaking, something that you don't get anywhere else in North America. The hostel is of a decent standard, but its very basic, but after coming off the Toronto one i guess i was bound to be a bit disappointed, i don't think that one will be surpassed. It said me get "free breakfast" but that is just toast and coffee, still if its free its good. What seems particularly different here though is that the natives [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 23rd 2005

Last day in Montreal

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The rain is sprinkling My umbrella is mangles Walking in the rain. As predicted by weather.com, the rains started to fall overnight. I didn't realize how mangled my umbrella got from when I foolishly opened it on that gusty, rainy day last Sunday. So I ended up tossing my Edinburgh green plaid umbrella into the bin. But that's okay. I have my water resistant jacket and toque to keep me warmish and hopefully dry! Luckily the rain is not coming down too hard and I shouldn't be out in the rain for too long. My first stop was for some breakfast [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 22nd 2005

Reunion time!

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Say cheese!
Me and Dana

Meeting an old friend Four years since seeing Dana I'm super psyched up! Well, I've made plans to meet up with Dana today and I'll finally be able to meet Eddy. So it's gonna be an exciting day today especially since the weather is nice and sunny. The plan is to check out Old Montréal l and go from there. There is apparently a really huge one with tons of stuff to check out. Whatever we do I'm sure it'll be awesome. On that note, I should lace up my boots and head downstairs where Dana and Eddy will pick me [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 21st 2005

Lots of crisp fresh air

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View from atop Mont Royal

Walk up Mont Royal Sun shines and the air is crisp Lovely views up there. I saw the sun peeking through the windows and was excited to see that the nice weather is still with us. It's a perfect day to go for a nice uphill trek to Mont Royal. I believe it is one of the must see places when in Montreal. My Korean roommate kept pushing bagels on me. She bought a dozen and then realized she bought too many and didn't want to lug them all the way to Ottawa with her the next few days. So it [View Full Entry]

By Hanneke
October 20th 2005

Malawi, Nairobi & Dubai!

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It's actually February as I'm writing this.... Since I just discovered this site I will be re-posting info and pictures from my recent trips to the countries listed above... plus will be using this Travelblog site to keep in touch during my upcoming trip to Cameroun! I managed to resolve some simple statistics programming problem today so I'm feeling particularly computer savvy... we'll see how long that lasts... k it's a GO.... [View Full Entry]

By Bon Bon on the Go Go
October 20th 2005

Bonjour from Montreal!

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As seen from the train.

Off to Montréal The weather has cleared up some Excellent! Allons! I'm not sure if I just wrote down the right word in French for "let's go" but oh well...it fits in with the haiku. haha Just a quick hello from me. I can't believe that I've made it to Montréal already...in fact I arrived only a few hours ago! I happened across this internet place that seemed quite reasonable especially in comparison to the $6/hour I've been encountering. This isn't free but it sure does seem "bargainous" in comparison. Anyhoo, I plan on spending the weekend here in Montréal before [View Full Entry]

By Ben K
October 19th 2005

Next update will be Montreal pics............

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Almost to Montreal
At the border of Ontario and Quebec

I'll update everyone soon, it's just that I have been a little busy lately. In brief: Beautiful city + good times = Montreal Keep in touch everyone! Ben [View Full Entry]

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