Blogs from Québec City, Quebec, Canada, North America - page 26

I arrived in Boston late last night, after a VERY long day. Leaving Quebec City turned out to be as hard as arriving there! My bus from Montreal to Boston at 11:45 am in the morning (I'd traveled to Montreal from Quebec City by bus from 7:30 to 10:30 am) was cancelled because of a heavy snowstorm in Vermont, and they didn't know if the next one at 3:45 PM would be leaving or not. So I spent 5 hours in Montreal, part of it at the bus station, waiting around. To pass the time, I took the subway up to Mcgill University and visited there. If the bus didn't arrive from Vermont, I was going to rent a hotel room for the night. But the bus and its cranky driver finally got in, and he ... read more

It snowed all night and this morning we woke up to 50 cms of snow on the ground! The snow plows go right to work, and there's even a "baby" one for the sidewalks. I'm going to post some photos of Marc and Marlo's street, la rue St. Jean, as well as some sites of Winter Carnival. The snow stopped in the afternoon, and we saw a dogsled race and various other sports and sights. Even had some "caribou"--a Canadian drink of hot wine. The fireworks were cancelled last night, but will be held this evening. Hope to take some good photos.... read more

Hello, Well, the first lapse of my trip was quite eventful! My "direct" Air Transat flight from Paris to Quebec City never made it to Q.C. because of a snowstorm. The pilot made two attempts to land and then announced that we were going first to Montreal and that we might then try to make it back to Quebec. Upon arrival in Montreal, we were told that we'd be traveling back to Quebec by coach--a three-hour drive. So all of us piled into three coaches. In typical Gallic fashion, no one formed a queue and there was a big "rush" to get into the bus. Then at the Quebec Aiport, there was another "rush" to find a taxi, as there were only three available for 150 passengers. After a half an hour wait, I finally managed ... read more

I'm leaving soon, it is time to try out the blog thing...... read more

Papiers, papiers, papiers, non mais comment peut-on demander autant de papier pour seulement venir dans un autre pays...tout cela est incroyable...et la il faut dire qu'en plus le Québec a signé une entente pour rendre les procédures MOINS LOURDES...j'imagine pas avant... POur vous donner une idées voici l'ensemble des trucs nécessaires pour avoir un VISA de type ÉTUDIANT. · Deux formulaires de demande de visa de long séjour dûment remplis et signés. · Trois photos d’identité récentes en original au format 35 mm X 45 mm sur fond clair et uni. · Votre passeport canadien original + photocopie. Il doit comporter votre signature et comprendre au moins deux pages 3 vierges. · Un billet d’avion aller-retour · Preuve de ressources financières d’au moins 1 000$ canadiens par mois de séjour pour couvrir les dépenses du séjour ... read more