Cross Canada Trip - Day Four and Five - The French Province

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9 AM VIA train from Union station is how our French adventure starts. Five hours later we are in Montreal. The journey itself had nothing to write about; the trains in Europe are faster and better equipped.

We have stayed at Glamour Suits and Apartments hotel. It is a chick hotel in Parisian style right in the city centre. That day, we took a walk through older parts of Montreal (mainly for Notre Dame de Montreal) and Port Viex (lakeside park and recreation centre). The city is a strange mixture of “old world” and “new world”: the roads are wide, the buildings (downtown) are tall but the attitude on the other hand is definitely European.

The next day (this is our sixth day in Canada) we paid a quick visit to Biodome and after that took a bus (http://www.orleansexpress.com/) to Quebec City. According to the local guide, it is where Canada was established by Samuel de Champlain, a French merchant. The old city managed to retain its unique style and charm, and it is the only walled city in the North America. The must visit places are: Notre Dame de Quebec Palace d’Armes Governors Wall (promenade) The Citadel Fortifications (you can walk on the walls!) Parc d’Artilleries The city is full of small coffee places, restaurants, boutiques and historic building (with absolutely amazing architecture). We stopped to eat at Au Petit Coin Breton (1029 rue St-Jean, Quebec city) where they have 60 different kinds of creeps. The food was delicious! The cheese filling I had was melting in my mouth.

Check out our photo albums http://picasaweb.google.com/alla.markh/10090622Montreal http://picasaweb.google.com/alla.markh/20090623Quebec

That is it for now....