Canada: Montréal Part 2 - Boulevard Saint-Laurent & The Plateau area (Mon 4th August)
August 27th 2014 On my last day in Montréal, I spent the day exploring a livelier, trendier part of Montréal called the Plateau - think Montréal's answer to Shoreditch or Stoke Newington. Lots of street art, excellent restaurants, independent shops, bars and cafés, second-hand (and sometimes anarchist) bookshops, record stores, and most importantly, some of the best smoked meat sandwiches, poutine and bagels i
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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the sou... ... read more 
