Motel Chantolac Sainte-Adele

... surrounding us were breathtaking. Rich golden and red fire colours. The resorts were all outstanding and had the old Quebec architecture feeling. All very beautiful.

Once we made our way to the hilltop, we had two options. Either take the gondola or hike the 2871 feet (875 meters) to the summit of Mont Tremblant mountain. Being a beautiful day, we elected to hike. The pathway looked so ...

Un dimanche au Mont Tremblant avec Édouard et François...
Pour la petite anecdote, j'étais au lycée (en seconde) avec Édouard, et je l'ai recroisé complètement par hasard à Montréal! Le monde est petit! Bref, il est en PVT pour un an à Montréal avec son pote François. Ça fait bien plaisir, ils sont devenus des bons potes, qui vivent à deux pas de chez nous en plus!

Aujourd'hui, nous avons loué une voiture ...

... on which was cool. We went up the cable car thing which provided great views of the area, which took us up to what I assume was a piste - I've never skiied before, but as it was Mont Tremblant I guess that's it!! Obviously it wasn't in use for skiing at the time as there was no snow, but I hope to return in the winter, as the lady I live with (Renee) used to be a ski instructor, and the man I live ...

Une journée caniculaire au mont tremblant avec Fabien et Virginie...
Un bon petit pique-nique, une promenade en canot pour digérer, et quelques petites randos.
Il fait plus de 30 degrés, sans compter le facteur Humidex.... C'est blindé de moustiques, on s'est fait bouffés, mais comme tout le monde au mont tremblant ce jour-la! (15 piqûres rien que dans ...

... une magnifique chute multipliant à l`infini le lin blanc de la robe de l`Indienne, jaillit au sommet et se rua dans la gorge étroite où depuis elle ne cesse de bondir et de chanter. Nippissingue, stupéfait, s`immobilisa et fut changé en pierre par le Grand Manitou et condamnée à entendre ainsi pendant des siècles le chant de victoire d`Hiawhitha. C'est beau hein?!?!! Regardez les photos, vous verrez le sorcier Nippissingue dans les roches! Sur ce joli conte indien, passez une bonne semaine!

... Parliament building flys the blue and white flag of Quebec, not the red and white of Canada, very interesting. We kept walking. My hair was just about blowing off my head. Jerry was huddled the way only a native southern Californian can in chilly weather. We funicular-ed (verb) back down the hill and went to an impressive museum, clearly the pride of the province of Quebec about all things Quebec. There we ...

Today is fun day!!! LA RONDE!!!!!! (say it with a French accent and it sounds even better) It is a theme park owned by Six Flags that is located just on the outskirts of Montreal. There was a thunderstorm coming through later in the day so I made sure I got in as many rides as I can. The park was really quiet so most of the time I got onto the rides with little or no waiting. I ...

... too bad. The girl was really cool. She lives in Montreal and works as a drama therapist. I met up with her a few times during the week, for coffee or dinner or a concert. Montreal has to be the most cultured city I've ever been to. I don't think there are more cultural things to do per se, just more people that want to do them. Genevieve and I went to the film festival to watch a film about Piazzolla - the famous Argentine tango composer. Quite a niche topic, I thought ...

... properly maintained, with little pride being evident. The lack of much electronic ticketting is also a bit slack when they have controlled ticket entry areas. Anyway, getting back to what we were doing, we got off the Metro to go to dinner at the foodcourt of the Eaton shopping center (in Downtown). After this we headed up to the top storey of the complex to catch the movie Blade: Trinity at the cinema here, taking advantage of Canada's cheap movie prices. As the winter ...

... airport bus does not run this early so we had to catch a cab. The trip to the airport was nice, similar to when we arrived in terms of lots of snow piled up, though they needed the snow plow a lot. Our plane was quite late arriving from St Johns so we ended up leaving about 35mins late after snowballing factors delayed us further. The flight was fine and we arrived into Montreal not too late. Here we caught the bus into our hotel in downtown. The trip gave us a ...