Blogs from Old Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 8

UntitledWell this morning we went on a tour of the Plains of Abraham, which was where the British defeated the French in Quebec, whereby changing the history of that area forever. It was interesting learning about the military movements and about a war that took 20 minutes. After lunch we headed for Montreal by bus. It was a beautiful drive and we saw a lot of the countryside of the province. Montreal...driving in was a big change from Quebec City. Montreal is a metropolitan with many skyscrapers. After arriving to our hotel we went to dinner at an excellent restaurant which had an amazing variety of desserts. My favorite were the profiteroles filled with ice cream. After dinner we went to a light show at the Notre Dame Basilica. Let's just say the light show was ... read more

Tues 10-04 Today we headed 400miles north to Montreal. The train ride was beautiful - we passed so many lakes- although it was the slowest train ride of my life - we could have walkd there faster. The hostelling international has a really nice buzz about it. Lots of socializing and events. Wed 11-04 We explored the city- the port and old montreal are really lovely. its nice to see a touristy place so outof season. we watched glass blowers and thought it looked like a good job. they drink beer- they create glass things. thurs 12-04 We snuck into Colombia uni to prepare our talk for the montreal fringe. very difficult to engage brain again. there was a crazy amount of snow falling and it just kept coming. pub crawl with people from the hostel- ... read more

Arrived in Montreal, what a relief. Just felt loads better being able to see open sky and trees, guess I am just not a city person. Montreal is lovely, people really friendly, even the bus driver gave us an impromptu guided tour! It is also very laid back and quite European looking with historic buildings and narrow streets and loads of restaurants. We visited the Olympic Stadium (from 1976) and the Biodome which has four habitats including a tropical and Antarctic area. There is a bat cave and even some anacondas (which thankfully were behind glass!!). Today we walked up Mont Royal (Royal Mountain), Montreal was named after it. Basically a park on a large hill with a Chateau on top. The building was built to commemorate the first visit to Canada of the current Queen’s ... read more

hi everyone, so since last i wrote alot of miles have been clocked up The first of innumerable unforgettable and special moments of the following three weeks happened as Aiden emerged from the gates of Auckland International Airport. It was sooooooooooo AMAZING to see him again and under such circumstances, thanks babe! Auckland holds many surprises: Rangitoto Island just off the coast and our Thomas the tractor engine journey to the summit for some really cool views of the city skyline; A rendezvous at the theatre to see the Kiwi performance of Take Me Out; a comedic tradegy about the effects the coming out of a gay baseball superstar has on him, the team, etc (warning - this performance contains nudity...... bring it on!) I'm writing this as the hostel is pumping out The Blue Album ... read more

So this past weekend I went to Montreal with a bunch of my roommates. It was really nice. The city is gorgeous! One thing I noticed right away was that it didn't smell at all like most large cities do, at least the section I was staying in was fine. Everyone had a front garden no matter how small a piece of land they had. The first night there I went with a friend down to the notorius St. Catherine Street. It was a lot of fun and not nearly as sketchy as I expected it to be. There was a lot of stuff to see especially since this weekend had been the Out Games so there were drag queens everywhere! The second day me and my roommate went to the Biodome! It was a lot ... read more