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Author: Manon of MTL
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Use the Fourth/Look
As noted in prior blog posts, Canada Day was Friday July 1st, most businesses were closed, and the City sponsored lots of holiday events (flyovers, music, cake!)
It was still a workday in the U.S.… [Read More]
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The Water Moose
Icon of Canada Day Celebrations
It's Canada Day in the ROC, but in Québec it's officially Packing, Porting, and Pizza Day
or, letting post-docs pick your brain
It’s not easy to engage in a foreign city when you don’t speak the language and you’re avoiding deadly viruses and you work remotely from home.… [Read More]
The butterflies we call painted ladies at home are called “belle-dames” here–beautiful ladies. They’re migratory and occur all over the world. This sign in the Les Jardins Gamelin is in the middle of several garden beds planted with butterfly host plants and flowers.… [Read More]
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When You Wish Upon A Car
Seen in the neighborhood. Can’t get much more fabulous than this.
This photo even has some of Montréal’s famous bollards in it.
The L’International des Feux Loto-Québec started last night–an international fireworks competition that shoots off every Saturday night for the next several weeks. We can see some of the fireworks from our balcony, but to experience the whole show including the ground effects and synchronized soundtrack, you have to buy tickets for the fairground seating.… [Read More]
It’s Fête Nationale in Québec today–not to be confused with a federal holiday like Canada Day next week, which is Moving Day here in Québec (more on that soon). Québec considers itself its own nation and today it celebrates its French culture with a mash-up of Saint–Jean-Baptiste Day and francophone patriotism.… [Read More]
This weekend marks the return of the Montréal Grand Prix, which takes place on Isle Notre-Dame in the St. Lawrence River (about a mile away from us, as the crow flies).… [Read More]