Quebec, Canada Travel Blogs

The Real Montreal
Jun 3, 2008

... the French leg of our Canadian journey, although Montreal doesn’t feel any less French than the supposedly more French Quebec. Everyone around the city speaks French all the time and it’s really quite surprising to hear such a language spoken ...

Canada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 20, 2006 (25 photos)

Hello all...well we arrived safe and tired into Canada,after an 8 hour bus journey from Boston to Montreal. Amazing,considering its just a few inches on the map! Believe us,its one big country! The border crossing to Canada was fun! Was like the Spanish ...

French Canadians
Dec 26, 2003

Everything is in French, menus, roads signs, everything!

Bonjour! It's Quebec!
Jun 1, 2008

... . It is a very quaint very French city with beautiful buildings and sections of cobbled streets. We spent a full day in Quebec wandering around. We looked at stalls selling artwork and craft. We wandered down to the excavation of the original palace rooms. ...

Timbits in Canada
Dec 21, 2003

... with my orchestra playing at the Midwest Clinic I am finally getting to rest a while in the snow covered landscapes of Canada. The fourteen hour drive up here yesterday was quite easy, sharing the driving with John and Elizabeth. I made one mistake ...

J'AI HÂTE!
May 26, 2007

13 jours avant mon déménagement, 15 jours avant mon départ! J'ai hâte!

Montreal Pin
Sep 22, 2007

Montreal Pin

Montreal
May 13, 2005 (8 photos)

... to explore the sights. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Montreal is a funny place, you are in the heart of Canada but everone speaks French. It was certainly a bit of a shock to us. We thought ...

Happiest places in the world >> ASIA
Oct 29, 2008

... , the views are of carved temples and vivid prayer flags fluttering against a backdrop of snow-dusted mountains. #2. MONTRÉAL, CANADA If laughter is indeed the best medicine they should need fewer medics in Montréal. The Francophone capital of Québec ...

Lesson Learned...
Oct 1, 2007

Word of Advice: do not drink copious amount of alcohol before a long flight. I'm sure everyone knew that and I'm the only one stupid enough to do such a thing. I've never been happy to have a layover but I desperately needed to get off the plane to ...

ATOP PERMISSION HILL
Jul 11, 2003 (2 photos)

Adam and I got driven into Perce, on the Gaspe Peninsula in Quebec, Canada. We were easily able to meet up with Johnny and Julie, who'd arrived a day before. It was a dreary-looking day, and it soon began to rain on us. Minutes before, a ...

QUEBECOIS SON FU!
Jul 16, 2003 (4 photos)

... apartment buildings with Nichola at four in the morning, and we played hackey-sac on the stone roads. Man, I love Quebec. - Modern Oddyseus with Johnny, Adam, and Julie Thanks to Rosalyn; Mele; Jean; and Francine for the rides! Much ...

Éloges du Québec
Aug 21, 2007

... évidemment un paquet de problèmes comme partout ailleurs mais je crois que notre équilibre politique, économique, social, religieux, etc fait du Québec un endroit rare et précieux! Oui tu peux faire du ski-doo dans le sable en Egypte, écouter RDS au Bangladesh ...

A l'affiche sur TravelPod très bientôt
Aug 21, 2007

Très bientôt sur TravelPod et dans un cinéma près de chez vous: "J.E. fête l'halloween", " J.E. à Baie-Comeau " et " le Noël de J.E." PS: C'est d'l'humour Gwennnnnnnn!!!

@Saint-Sauveur
Jun 10, 2007 (3 photos)

Cette nuit je couche à Saint-Sauveur à l'auberge "Chez Mom". Le dénénagement et les au revoir étant terminés (I MISS YOU CATS!!! haha), je suis venu laissé ma batmobile à batmother. Départ prévu demain à 16h30, avion décole à 20h45.   & ...

Pardon, which way to Canada?
Sep 19, 2008 (22 photos)

... of the walk was a great way to soak-up the vibrant Montreal ambiance. Our last stop in Montreal before departing for Quebec City was a fresh food market, the Atwater Marche where we stocked-up on some local produce such as fruit, vegetables, cheese, ...

Back to the source
Dec 17, 2007

Back to the source, to remember who I was when I left months ago.  Refocus and spring back towards the South Pole!

Side trip to Montreal
Oct 6, 2007 (2 photos)

I have a High School friend who lives in Montreal. Nick wanted me to stick around for an extra week in Kingston so that we could spend Thanksgiving together. So I went to visit Monique for a few days. She started her own business, EnergieNow (www. ...

Retour au bercail
Aug 16, 2007

Comme les prochains vols vers Montréal étaient seulement dans 2-3 jours, j'avais décidé d'essayer d'être "standby" pour les vols du 16 août. Il ne faisait pas beau et je ne voulais pas rester les bras croisés à mon hôtel. C'était d'autant plus déprimant que mes ...

Remerciements
Aug 21, 2007

Je me répète peut-être mais j'ai fait ce blog avant tout pour moi. Pour immortaliser mes souvenirs et pensées. Je l'ai aussi fait pour donner des nouvelles à mes amis et famille. Si en plus j'en ai fait rire ou divertit quelques-uns alors je suis content! Je ...

Quebec City
May 27, 2005 (1 photos)

... City. As we travelled through Nova Scotia and New Bunswick the closer we got to the border with Quebec the more the signs became French only. Previously in Canada all road signs were in both languages but Quebec is definitely French. We changed buses just ...

Creative Quebec City
Sep 20, 2008 (48 photos)

... with finely dressed people and bistros and cafes spilling over onto the pavement. We felt right at home in this welcoming city! Quebec City, celebrating its 400th birthday this year, is the only city with city walls north of Mexico City and it is not ...

Return to Montreal for a few days
Dec 1, 2007 (11 photos)

Montreal

ACADIA TO GASPE
Jul 8, 2003 (3 photos)

... her dear Pierre's eyebrows. Ha! Julie. No. Julie was a tough chick. Not just any chick would hitchhike across Canada. After passing the night on the baseball field (a spiritual experience, if you ask me), we split our group again. ...

City of Comedy
Dec 29, 2003

Grew up with Montreal being synonymous with comedy, my older brother and I watching Just For Laughs late night on TV.

Birds Eye View of Perce Rock
Aug 18, 2009 (3 photos)

This Pierced Rock is an island in the Gulf of St Lawrence, just off the Gaspe peninsula. Its one of the largest and most spectacular arches in the world (kinda like hole in the wall South Africa from my previous TP). The lime stone arch is 1420 ft long, ...

Back home for one last clean up
Jun 24, 2008

Back home for one last clean up

Montreal Madness
May 30, 2003 (5 photos)

... ...(Trust me). Hello from Montreal, After getting off the train and working my way to the Hostel (one of the best in Canada) I decide to dump my gear (and shower) and check out what Montreal has on offer - running on adrenaline because have not slept ...

DIANE EATS HER VEGETABLES
Jul 15, 2003 (1 photos)

... romantic move, Julie and I found a field to nap in. Johnny and Adam met us an hour later, and they carried a Quebec provincial flag (blue-and-white, decorated with four royal-looking "flowers of Louis" irises) that someone had given them when they'd ...

Long drive back to Montreal
Sep 24, 2008

Five hour drive back to Montreal to catch the train to New York City!!