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By JacobRTW
September 26th 2006

Excursion to Quebec City and VIA Rail Canada in First class

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Quebec City
The main gate to the old town.

I'm back in Montreal after a two days excursion to Quebec City which is three hours by train from Montreal. Unfortunately the excursion didn't turn out to be as nice as I had hoped for. There was nothing wrong with Quebec City, quite the opposite actually, it's one of the nicest, oldest and cosiest cities in North America, the problem was the weather which was cold (only 6-8 degrees), windy, grey and rainy. And as if that wasn't enough, the evening before I left Montreal I felt I was about to get a cold, which I also got the following day, [View Full Entry]

By geoffs_odyssey
September 20th 2006

Montreal and Onwards

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Boys at the hockey
Proper Canadian night at the hockey

Montreal was a cool but a bit strange as everyone speaks French (as they do throughout province of Quebec) as a first language and all the signs are in French but it looks like any other Canadian city. A group of girls from the UK that we had met in Ottawa were staying in the same hostel as us in Montreal so we all went for a night out in the famous party city (or so it is called). Was a good night in Montréal which started a period of random events including meeting a guy wandering around with a potato [View Full Entry]

By Little General
September 8th 2006

French Canadia

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I am currently in Quebec City, a very cute old European city in Canada. The French settled here in the 1600s and then migrated to Montreal prior to losing a war the the English. Hence the French speaking people in the middle of North America. The province is the prettiest place I have seen since I have arrived here. Quebec City is like being in France and Montreal is very European Cosmopolitan style. Yesterday I went Jet Boating though the rapids of the St Lawrence River in Montreal. IT WAS AMAZING!! I had 2 army style woollen jumpers with a plastic [View Full Entry]

By Keki
September 6th 2006

North America's Europe

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Hello from Quebec City. This place is amazing, although the computer is different so it is taking me awhile to type this. I am staying at Chateau Bellevue, which is in the heart of the old city. It is an average room but what it lacks in charm it definately makes up for in location. I am finding that more people speak english here, probably because it's mostly tourists, and they are all so helpful & friendly. It's great to hear news from home, pity it was sad news about Steve Irwin, but it's good to hear from all of you. [View Full Entry]

By Wonderboy and Ms Nasty Girl
August 26th 2006

Small trip to Quebec

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Old city at night

A visit to Quebec city before starting school. We decided to take a roadtrip over because that is what we love to do. The ride over with JV and Elvis, DOG HOUSE!, blaring on the radio made the 7 hour trip pass by so quickly. So what can we say about this city? Its quaint, a great place to escape the NYC heat and humidity, and thats about it. The sky is huge here, but thats attributed to the lack of many tall buildings in the area. We didn't do much here except walk on the wall and in the [View Full Entry]

By Grey haired nomads
July 15th 2006

Motorhome News from North America 16

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At home with Joyce and Elmer
Joyce, Joy, Elmer and Janice survey the party fare

Motorhome News from North America 15 27th June - 9th July 2006 ‘Gone Fishin’ in Ontario - and the Italians were celebrating in Quebec City! It was time for a break from travelling, planning routes, seeking out campsites - even writing - and time for a change of routine. In Europe we took a holiday break and flew to Majorca in January 2005, leaving Smiley, (our UK Autotrail motorhome) in Valencia. It snowed in Majorca somewhat to our amazement, but hopefully that’s far less likely in Ontario in June! This time we plan our holiday break with friends in H [View Full Entry]

By naomi smit
June 13th 2006

Québec city

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Haha, and I thought that Montreal was typically French.. Nothing compared to Quebec! There are even people over there who don't speak English at all, despite the fact that it's one of the official languages of Canada. But okay, many people in the English part don't speak French either. This is a bit like an everlasting quarrel, in which of course the English part has the most power. As I've heard the French part would like to be separated from the English part, but then they would want to have Montreal too, where by now also a lot of English speaking [View Full Entry]

By frk
May 22nd 2006

PRIMA TAPPA

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Buongiorno a tutti i lettori Finalmente riesco a cominciare questo blog... Tutto comincia Sabato 20 Maggio alle ore 13:50 quando il volo AZ610 decolla da Roma FCO alla volta di NY JFK. Il volo procede tranquillo, con l'eccezione di avere al mio fianco TAL PASQUALE AMETRANO DA CERIGNOLA, il quale nel suo pugliese stretto tenta all'istante un approccio di dialogo, reso immediatamente vano dal mio finto appisolamento e dalla visione coatta di numero tre film e mezzo, tutto intervallato da pranzo a base di simil-lasagne vegetariane e simil-vitella. Giusto un paio di Nastro Azzurro si s [View Full Entry]

By Meems
March 16th 2006

Quebec City

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Lucy's crash

So, day one in Quebec City was one of my favourite days yet. We woke at around 7am in time to have breakfast and leave for the slopes. The breakfast was free, included in the hostel so Lucy and I took FULL advantage! We had toast which was made less boring by the fact that to cook it we had to use one of those foreign balance your bread on a rotating toaster things! We also had cereal, a bagel, a muffin, fruit, tea and orange juice. We got to the slopes and were a little worried as the weather was [View Full Entry]

By Tommy Rooney
March 9th 2006

Happy 400th birthday Quebec

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Gorgeous Montreal in winter

I am privileged to be posting this journal from Canada while enjoying my first visit to this wonderful country. While on the road Canadians have always held a special place in my heart, I believe they share with Australians a spirit of fun and adventure which has made them excellent travel companions during many overseas trips. Now I'm pleased to report I can finally dispense with the worn out travellers line ... I would love to visit your country. Here I am and very glad to be in the country that was narrowly beaten into third position in the recently completed [View Full Entry]

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