Biodome de Montreal

Bonjour,

What a day! We write this extremely exhausted with sore feet, after a massive day of walking around Montreal.

Our grateful moment for today was Montreal's Metro System! It definitely saved us quite a bit of walking, and what a speedy efficient form of public transport it is. QLD Rail could learn something from them!

After getting up and eating the most frugal-yet-satisfying fruit plate I've had this side of Kampala, my sister and I set off for the Biodome. As I mentioned, it's a pretty neat zoo: divided into ecozones like a dense rainforest, the Canadian woods, the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Antarctic (two words: Happy Feet).

The pictures really tell …

We had a pretty late start today. Around 10 we decided to go and have a look at the Montreal Biodome, as the weather didn't look that fantastic as it was spitting rain. We caught the green line to station Viau. I was getting pretty hungry as it was nearly 12 so we bought some snacks at the station when we arrived.

We found our way to the …

Rien de spécial à raconter, le biodôme c'est facile à imaginer. On a passé de super moments avec Natasha et le lendemain, avec Françoise et Serge.

My feet and ankles are balloons! They are so swollen my flip flops feel tight let alone even trying to put shoes or boots on... On the advice of my father who said that Museums didn't have to be done I have decided to find a park and sit still all day - or as much as I possibly can.

So after a Skype call with mum and dad I head out to find …

After a pile of homemade pancakes and Maple Syrup for breakfast Claire and I took a walk over to McGill University, or rather we took the subway to McGill station and then walked to the university; we wandered through the old halls and watched the students eating their lunch on the grass before having yet another discussion putting the world to …

Brace yourselves, this is going to be a long one. :)
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Casa Loma, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), hostel, Old Montreal, Notre Dame, Chinatown, McGill, Squirrels, Underground City, French people, Olympic Parc, biosphere, Sir Winston Churchill, Mont Royal. But you'll have to read towards the end …

Taking advantage of a long weekend we again saddled up and hit the highway for French Canada!!

Its a weird situation to get across as it is the same country but then it's completely different. You would think (well we did) it would be primarily or at least more of a mix or blend of Canadian and French, and there is mix but it is mainly …

...or something like that!

The first few days of 2013 were good fun for those of us lucky enough to be staying at the Maeva. Martina, Annie and I made friends with Viktor and Serge who taught us iseful tings about bridge building, the hidden world of the internet and growing up in the Ukraine and Bulgaria. We also took a group outing to …

... ) inclined Montreal Tower, built for the Olympics, this was the center piece. Between the tower and myself lies the Biodome de Montreal, comprising four ecosystems. Quite taken by the old Olympic Velodrome and stadium I decide to purchase a combined ...

... plus parlantes... Et nouveauté sur le blog aujourd'hui: vous avez l'occasion de tenter votre chance pour remporter un sejour de 15 jours a Montreal (sejour en demi-pension, vol non compris). La regle est tres simple: dans les photos de cette ...

... , ça ne rend pas les choses faciles...! Voila, c'est le petit "appel a la population"! En tous cas, on vous fait de gros bisous de Montreal. Portez-vous bien, et n'oubliez pas la cure de vitamines pour la rentree! (au fait, Jay et Emma: comment ca se ...

... hidden world of the internet and growing up in the Ukraine and Bulgaria.  We also took a group outing to the Biodome de Montreal, which is essentially a massive indoor zoo.  The place is designed to maintain the habitats of four very different ...