Blogs from Montréal, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 9

Hello ! Notre maître pimp et Isabelle ont passé près d'une semaine sur l'île de Montreal, ce fut court mais intense! Le samedi, ils étaient à peine sortis de l'aéroport où je suis venu les accueillir (je ne les ai pas manqué cette fois), que j'avais déjà prévu une soirée avec mes potes de Montréal. Je les ai ensuite invités à manger chez moi le midi. Ils sont allés faire la sieste dans leur appart (à 200m dans ma rue), et on s'est retrouvés le soir-même pour qu'ils découvrent d'emblée la vie nocturne montréalaise ! Mes potes les ont trouvé courageux, à peine sortis de l'avion et déjà en train de goûter aux bières québécoises au pub de l'Abreuvoir ! Nous y avons rejoins ma pote Noémie, qui était accompagnée de trois copines. Je ne détaille ... read more

Four years ago Margo and I visited one of North America’s most unique institutions – Montreal’s Biodome: here are some photos from our visit. In 1976 the Olympic Games were held in Montreal, in venues specially created for that purpose. One of them, the velodrome, was designed for cycling events , but interest in that sport didn’t carry over after the Games. In 1989 it was completely rebuilt inside to become the Biodome, which has self-contained replicas of four ecosystems found in the Americas: the Tropical Forest, the Laurentian (Canadian) forest, the Saint Lawrence (Eastern Canada) Marine Ecosystem, and the Polar areas. There are also several exhibition rooms, housing displays, nutrition and veterinary clinics, and information. The hermetically-sealed “habitat” of each of the four eco-systems is temperature- and humidity-controlled to be exactly like the system i ... read more

Geo: 45.5075, -73.5587So, this is my first entry in my own blog... Actually I never wanted to write a blog but now I thought “Why not ?” It might be quite nice to read after a few months/years again how I felt during this year of travel.First, I'd like to tell you what I mean with “this year of travel”. As you probably know, I'm a PhD-Student and I study suffixation in the protoromance language. Sounds boring, but it isn't. Well, in the beginning this wasn't the subject I chose and when my teacher told me to cancel the subject I wanted to study because it would be too difficult and to choose the topic just mentioned, I wasn't happy. There were also other private circumstances that made my first PhD-year really difficult, exhausting and quite ... read more

Up at 6am and after getting ready we venture out for a coffee & try Jimmy’s in Kensington Market. Not bad. It’s a chain that has as its inspiration, people who have been famous with the name ‘Jimmy’ e.g. Jimi Hendriks, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Page etc. with photos of said people on the walls. An interesting concept! We take a few more pictures of the area – without the crowds and then it’s back to the hostel to pick up our stuff and catch the tram to the bus stop at 8.30am. We get to the Mega Bus terminal in time to check in and board. This is our first ever trip with them. Greyhound does not do this route. The bus is a double decker coach. We opt for upstairs for the views. The seats ... read more

I am going to try this again. I had it typed and the internet shut down. Yesterday we drove from New York State to Montreal Canada. We saw mostly farms consisting of corn and some soybeans. I would like to thank Glenn and Glenda for being our leaders on this trip. I was especially glad that they were our guides yesterday as all of the road signs and mileage was in French and kilometers. We arrived at our RV park and then we all had a picnic. I grilled brats. Today we took a trip to the city of Montreal. I learned something new today. The city of Montreal is on an island in the St. Lawrence River. There are 6 bridges going to the island. There are one million, eight hundred thousand people living in ... read more