St James Montreal

A new year, a new start, and new country. Join me on my trip to a new life in Canada, starting in Vancouver and hopefully some interesting sights and people along the way. Thanks and I hope you enjoy reading. Cheers James

... you want to be.... Best place to stay is in Old Montreal at one of our boutique hotels. Hotel Place D'Armes, Loft, St James, Intercontinental, Westin, Embassy Suite, Galt, Pierre de Calvet, Petit Hotel, Auberge du Vieux, Nelligan, St Sulpice, St ...

... to see more stores. Olympic Stadium- Billion $, I am sure my tax dollar is still paying for Madonna sighting at the St James Hotel on her way out to her concert. Biosphere at Ste-Hélène/Notre Dame Island - used to be ...

... stormed up that everyone has learned about in history lessons.   It was quite a long and tiring journey driving back from Montreal to Toronto for our flight home. Over eight days we travelled 1,400 miles but it was carefully spaced out and the ...

... concentration camps during World War II. The last church I passed on my way back along St Catherine Street was St. James United Church (36).  Built in 1889, this church, originally Methodist, has a Gothic-style exterior and Victorian interior. It is ...

... de Montreal then you have not seen Montreal. Also in Old Montreal are some magnificant banks on St Jacques Street ( also known as St James) The Wall street of Canada at one point. Until the banks started moving to Toronto in the 1950's because the ...

... Label, my student magazine I used to sub-edit. Hopefully will get the chance to do some more in the future. We spent Tuesday at St.James' Drop in Centre, a space for street people to come in, have a good meal or three, watch some TV, play some games, use ...

... Italy so we found a place with nice big bowls of cappuccino which made it all manageable.   On Tuesday, we went back to St James' drop in, which was much the same as before... a little chaotic, stressful, not sure that we're really making a ...

... church before we emerged back onto the Place d’Armes. We then walked next door to the Vieux Seminarie de St. Sulpice to look at the oldest building in Montreal. I say “look” because the seminary isn’t open to visitors. All one can ...

... jure, l’été à Sydney, c’est magique !!! Après cette petite pause, je me remets en marche, direction « St. James Church ».  Quelle n’est pas ma surprise de constater quand j’y arrive qu’il ne s’agit ...

... of course, normally, it's snow.  Tuesday we had an unexpected surprise- after a morning of just hanging out talking to people at St James' drop in centre, we discovered they had organised a (free) trip to the Museum of Fine Arts for the afternoon, to ...

... . We walked through Hyde Park, Green Park, Soho, Picadilly Circus, Oxford Street (all lit up for Christmas already), Clapham, St. James', and more. We consumed a respectable amount of cheese, drank an adequate amount of beer and turned the back of ...

... high as the Empire State Builiding but I expect it has spectacular views all the same. It was pretty warm by now, so we went to St. James Park (right next to our hostel) and laid aroundi n the sun until supper time. On our last day in Toronto, there was ...

... like that the city and the people of Melbourne accept it. The city is trendy and has a Euro-feel. Reminds me slightly of Montreal in that aspect. Lots of little eateries and cafes and people milling about. They have a large tram system and they cater well ...

... done up for Christmas, portraying scenes from the book "Olivia helps with Christmas". IT is similar to the one dine at Olgilvy's in Montreal, but here the scenes are changes every year. It was really cute, but really well done at the same time. We ate ...

... alleys and arcade full of shops and cafes, waiting to be discovered. I liken it to the underground city in Montreal, except that the arcades in Melbourne aren't actually inter-connected. They are beautiful, though, each one being intricately designed and ...

... France) built trading posts later named Quebec and               Montreal.                Jamestown's leader, John Smith, is ...

... France) built trading posts later named Quebec and               Montreal.                Jamestown's leader, John Smith, is ...