http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , Canada , Quebec en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:53:35 +0000 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:53:35 +0000 Arrived Sunday evening on VIA Rail Canada the train. We traveled from Niagara Falls through Toronto. The ride was about 5 hours long and went well. The cost was around 170 each. Trains are very clean and roomy. We arrived in Montreal's train station at 950pm and found a room online for 99. The hotel is the Grand Plaza CentreVille. It's a nice clean hotel. The cab ride to the hotel co http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/Old-Montreal/blog-463383.html OK. So wersquove established that in order for me to get back to the place I wanted to be in life that I needed to grow up and get over myself and go to Europe to see what all the noise was about. So the lingering question for most people was who is Mai To put it strangely. Mai was half of the 1 14 girlfriends I had for a period of 8 days during the middle of college playoffs. Sound con http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-460280.html So instead of writing all the minute details of every trip I take I think I'll make this more of a photo journal. Life as a student is hectic to say the least so I'll post my photos and give some explanations here and there Sound good GreatMy friend Aias and I wanted to do something fun for the fourth of July weekend this year. We originally thought of driving to Chicago hear some good blue http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-450693.html Going into Quebec I had to remind myself that I wasn't entering a different country. I needn't have bothered since it was exactly like being in a different country. MontrealMontreal was nice an older city with some interesting architecture and lots of night life. I couchsurfed with a native Nathalie who took me on a quick guided tour of the city when I arrived which included a trip to her http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Tadoussac/blog-449213.html This museum is amazing PaulaCanadian Museum of CivilizationFrom Wikipedia the free encyclopediaEstablished 1856 1989Location Gatineau QuebecType Human and cultural historyVisitor figures 1.3 million per year The Canadian Museum of Civilization is Canadarsquos national museum of human history and the most popular and mostvisited museum in Canada. It is located in Gatinea http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Gatineau/blog-447595.html Hey everyonejust bought my ticket...leaving on june 13. A best of video of last summer will be post soon enough... http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Quebec-City/blog-447591.html Welcome to Free Slot Games for Cash The internet today supplies an opportunity for gambling hits to play from the comfort of their places. 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We went to sleep one night and awoke in a spectacularly frozen stupor. Wrapped in thermals gloves beanies and kneehigh waterproof boots our morning stroll through Central Park has transmuted into an epic battle against the harshest elements.I think I might be to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/Old-Montreal/blog-446191.html BonjourItrsquos a hot and muggy afternoon in Florida with the thermometer registering 97F and I am shopping for a wool coat and long boots. The insanity is justified however. Irsquom travelling to Montreal in a couple of days and itrsquos minus 1 to 6 degrees Celsius 31FChanging from flipflops and orangeblue summery outfit the Gatorsrsquo homecoming explains the choice of color http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-445879.html One of the most startling things moving to Canada from Europe is the much maligned vacation allowance. In order to maximise the opportunity to see Canada we decided to set of for a rather long road trip to Montreal for Thanksgiving. All of our Canadian colleagues have no issue driving long distances and see this as part of the norm which is hugely different from my usual plans as I would rathe http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-445338.html Another travel blog for those still readingAfter spending a month in sunny England i was very ready to be leaving to another country. OK so its not that I dislike England. I loved been there with all my friends and such. But the weather depressed me.....and the thought of going to Canada was an exciting one.I was a bit nervous about the Canadian border after hearing a couple of stories of peo http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-444443.html Et oui nous partons en voyage pour environ 6 mois autour du globe. Pourquoi Ca serait trop long expliquer... Par contre nous allons partager nos rencontres nos experiences et nos photos sur ce site. Et pour tous les gens qui aimerait communiquer avec nous pour d'ventuels rencontres au cours de notre voyage n'hesitez pas venez nous rencontrer ca nous ferais plaisir d'avoir de la comp http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-443638.html Beste bloggersSwingers FluffersNa een lange periode van stilte.....Aanschouw de nieuwe editie van AI in Canada.Er is een beetje te veel gebeurd hier om jullie overal van mee te laten genieten maar hier toch een poging met een wat beknopte versie.Naast onze gezinsuitbreiding hier op St Marc met 2 sportvissen aka Charles Orangina is de familie SlobbeKooistra ook uitgebreid. Hij luistert naar d http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/Old-Montreal/blog-443053.html Hier nur mal aus Zeitmangel nur ne kurze Zusammenfassung...mehr gibt wenn ich wieder in Deutschland binDas geilste war dass es am Tag vor meine Ankunft geschneit hatte ich die ersten beiden Tage Schnee hatte und den 3. aufm Rueckweg die gleichen Orte bei 20 Grad und Sonnenschein nochmal erleben durfte...echt krass dieses kanadische wetter http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/blog-443002.html After waking up and packing up to go we hit Quebec city. We only had a few hours there and wondered into the old town inside the walls. It was a stunning place with some great views of the bay and ships. It seemed really strange being in Canada but the city was like anywhere in France. Then we headed into the farmers market and grabbed some much needed brekkie after last night's disaster mealAfte http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Montreal/blog-442992.html We headed off in the morning for Quebec city only a 7 hour drive. We stopped at a couple of places along the way for fuel and managed to find a dollar store where we purchased some food to cook on our Walmart stove when we eventually got to a campsite. We got on the road again and stopped just outside Quebec in a place called Montgomy. We checked in to a campsite where the guy just said pay in th http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/blog-442991.html We hit the road early and dropped Megan off in Halifax before getting back on the road back to Fredericton to meet Heather again. The drive on the way was long and boring and it was no different heading back West againAfter a couple of hours we needed to fill up with fuel so took the exit off the main freeway thinking that the local town would have a petrol station it didn't We had to keep on t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/blog-442990.html Saturday AM Wersquore experiencing a small hiccup in our usually glorious camping experience. Wersquove had 7 days of rain now although we had about 3 hours of sunshine yesterday and today a bit warmer than yesterday which was freezing. Irsquom still dealing with my stomach issue and Bob has a bad cold. To top it off we have a mouse or two running around inside our cabinets driving http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Gatineau/blog-441822.html These are some photos of downtown Ottawa. If you donrsquot already know and I didnrsquot Ottawa Ontario is the capital of Canada and just across the Ottawa River from the province of Quebec. All the people are bilingual as you might imagine. Some have a French accent some donrsquot. Therersquos also a mix of other cultures people from the mid East and Asia and other parts of t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/Canada/Quebec/Gatineau/blog-441302.html