Montreal Botanical Gardens (Jardin Botanique de Montreal)

When I came back from Gatineau, I knew that I had only about 1.5 week left in Montreal. The week before, I booked my flight from New York to Frankfurt for the 6 of august. But if you did read some other blog entries, you know that this doesn't mean so much to me ; I can always change my flight date. And so was I thinking. I would actually like to …

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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!

The first place I would like to go is to Montreal, Canada. I have heard that it really is one of he most beautiful cities in the world. So I will stop there before I begin my European vacation.

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 …

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En tout cas, ça commence bien mon congé différé cette belle température! Malgré le rhume, j'ai passé une belle journée accompagnée de Tanya et Elvis. Nous avons fait le tour du Jardin Botanique, gratuitement! En effet, la saison des fleurs et feuilles débute à peine alors ce n'est pas encore …

... evening and it was rubbish, much worse than the original. Weve also managed to fit in the Olympic park which had some Botanical gardens which were pretty darn nice, a biodome (one of those indoor rain forest, artic environment things) which had lots ...

... well worth the visit, especially the very fine Chinese Garden with colourful illuminated 'paper' figures.  I have seen many botanical gardens, but this one still managed to delight me with its quality and extent.  Anne was particularly ...

... to be good too, so that’s a relief. Today the plan was to go to the Olympic stadium and tower, the Biodome, and the Botanical gardens as these are all in the one place- just get off the subway and you can walk to any of them. Unfortunately what I ...

... the food and you could see them all carrying back these huge (in relation to them) pieces of leaves. The walk around the Botanical gardens was really cool.  It's designed in sections so you get a different feel.  They had a really fab section ...

... peckish. The next day was whent he fun started. Where do I start: We saw the parc du fontein (Foountain Park), Botanical Gardens, Biodome, Insectarium, Olympic park, and had a fantastic feast .... Thai Foooood, nothin less than the best. We saw ...

... the little info cards to their being resident in Peru. That's Peru, as in where we're spending Christmas. The Botanical Gardens were more interesting after dark, as there was a huge display of chinese lanterns, which, although offering the ...

... the bus, so I ended up sitting next to this lady and had a bit of a chat (that bus was full too)! She pointed out the botanical gardens in Montreal are worth a look, so if I have time I might do that. Got off the bus and got the subways as per the ...

... to see a band 4th slept in till about one oclock!!!! walked to the olympic stadium...........fucking cold!!!!!! saw the botanical gardens.. and when we were looking over this cute pond in the chinese gardens, it started snowing!!!! really ...

... by the old Olympic Velodrome and stadium I decide to purchase a combined entry ticket for these attractions plus the nearby Botanical Gardens. I start with the families and young kids (it's now summer holiday time) with the four eco-systems and ...

... For our third and final full day in Montreal we decided to drive into Montreal on our own. Our goal this morning was the Botanical Gardens close to Olympic Parc – Pooja really loves plants so this was for her. The drive did have a little traffic ...