Yesterday I was taken by so many things the flavor if you will of this city. From churches to areas that were within the metro area of this city. And people are so different yes I can say that Quebec is different in comparison to many of the other parts of Canada. Yet there still is that slogan that all within are equal. However history illustrates otherwise. Cultures and the diversity are something that at this stage of my life I have come to see nearly everything within Canada. I still maintain that Montreal is a European flavor of New York. There were so many things that certainly reminded me of this and yet there are places within Canada that do have a commonality as well I would tend to suppose that in other areas and countries as well. I have always found this all to significant. Most that live in one place are a tourist, I like to emerge within the culture as I have always within my own speed and cadence. I have found recently that my spanish is far better than my French however for the most part all within Quebec seem to have no reservations with one that speaks english. It`s just really nice. Yesterday was the first time that I had the opportunity to really see so much in a period of three hours and it was something that one side of my still is within the west and another is slowly beginning emerge...Here there are truly some places that you can`t take pictures and then there are some that it`s truly open to everyone. There have been several times that I have thought of NY, yet this seems to have the big apple with a nice European twist.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
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I like Montreal.
ReplyDeleteThe food and night life are awsome.
I would love to travel there, sounds very nice & pretty. My favorite city here in South Carolina is Charleston, so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteit seems an interesting city.:)
ReplyDeletei have only traveled to Alberta. i was a pretty drive.
ReplyDeleteInfinite possibilities.
ReplyDeleteNorth of Montreal in the mountain areas are most beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I go trout fishing in some of the small lakes, great fishing!
John, I think I need you help in knowing where this place is! The last time I fished was off the coast of Newfoundland.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I know Alberta and Saskatchewan the back of my hand. As you have been there you do know the west. My feel on Canada is that it`s all provinces without seperation nor division.
ReplyDeleteThere is a story that I know from a New York City and .......person that owned a business there. He was french from Paris and yet owned within another a backery called Le Marche....the french of Quebec are different to the french from Paris. The comparable would be english speaking canadians that make up the majority of the country of Canada and our dialect is close but not exactly the same as the english in a proper manner. It`s very hard to explain...yet it`s all about ettiquette in the approach with the culture of French. If I may, I know someone from Madrid and the dialect of Latin America is very different they see it as a mixed up slang of Italian.
ReplyDeleteWhile I lived in NYC as a consultant many New Yorkers would travel south in the winter Catherine and then go to Quebec, specifically old Quebec as they felt it was the next best thing yet less expensive to Europe. Most probable was the cost...
ReplyDeleteI really love Montreal John...there is a friend here that retired here from Saskatchewan and he invented the Imax. I have yet to see the night life. Yet I shall...
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