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Bec's Rainy Quebecquois Ramble
So I'm still in Montreal, sitting in an internet cafe in Chapters (huge bookstore a la Borders) in fact. I'm planning to head off to Quebec city later today - just looking at potential places to stay.
The weather has been pretty grey and rainly recently, which has changed somewhat what travel stuff I can do - indoors oui ; outdoors non .
But its still been nice. I'm looking forward to getting out of the big city. As cities go Montreal is gorgeous - I'd love to live here someday, although my French would have to get better - but I'm just not in the mood. Give me small and pretty, maybe natural, maybe historic. I want lots of sitting on balconies in cafes and drinking good coffee or cold beer and watching the world go by. So Quebec City it is.
I'll also be happy to be by myself again. I met up with a friend from my co-op here, and it was the perfect example of how some people are just incompatible, travelwise. He's a nice guy but really, I just can't wait to only have myself to answer for again.
I'm looking for cheap hotels in Quebec. I'd like a room to myself for a change. I bit of an extragvigance but hey I think I deserve it. Actually I have to watch my money a bit but who doesn't.
Interesting things about Montreal. It is supposedly the world's most functionally bilingral city. I'm fascinated at how this works, many people seem to use both languages almost interchangably in conversation. It has a large immigrant population, as well as a huge alternative scene. I think its a bit of a mecca for alternative types. It defininity has a protest culture - the rallies here are always the largest in Canada and the NAFTA protests in Quebec City a couple of years ago were huge. Right now the firefighters appear to be on some kind of strike. They're still working but they've painted they're firetrucks and stations green and covered everything with protest stickers ("Oui a fusion; non a CONfusion" etc). It's very visible, and I hope, effective.
So I'm still in Montreal, sitting in an internet cafe in Chapters (huge bookstore a la Borders) in fact. I'm planning to head off to Quebec city later today - just looking at potential places to stay.
The weather has been pretty grey and rainly recently, which has changed somewhat what travel stuff I can do - indoors oui ; outdoors non .
But its still been nice. I'm looking forward to getting out of the big city. As cities go Montreal is gorgeous - I'd love to live here someday, although my French would have to get better - but I'm just not in the mood. Give me small and pretty, maybe natural, maybe historic. I want lots of sitting on balconies in cafes and drinking good coffee or cold beer and watching the world go by. So Quebec City it is.
I'll also be happy to be by myself again. I met up with a friend from my co-op here, and it was the perfect example of how some people are just incompatible, travelwise. He's a nice guy but really, I just can't wait to only have myself to answer for again.
I'm looking for cheap hotels in Quebec. I'd like a room to myself for a change. I bit of an extragvigance but hey I think I deserve it. Actually I have to watch my money a bit but who doesn't.
Interesting things about Montreal. It is supposedly the world's most functionally bilingral city. I'm fascinated at how this works, many people seem to use both languages almost interchangably in conversation. It has a large immigrant population, as well as a huge alternative scene. I think its a bit of a mecca for alternative types. It defininity has a protest culture - the rallies here are always the largest in Canada and the NAFTA protests in Quebec City a couple of years ago were huge. Right now the firefighters appear to be on some kind of strike. They're still working but they've painted they're firetrucks and stations green and covered everything with protest stickers ("Oui a fusion; non a CONfusion" etc). It's very visible, and I hope, effective.
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