Sylvain’s sister and parents have been visiting this weekend, so there has been excursions to many places: Île St. Hélène, Parc La Fontaine, Parc Mont Royal, and, of course, the Jardin Botanique!… [Read More]
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St. Joseph’s Oratory
Montréal has a couple of sites that guide-books inevitably label with the overused adjective “iconic.” St. Joseph’s Oratory tends to be near the top of that list.
It’s one of the largest cathedrals in the world, perched high on the southwest-facing Côte-des-Neiges side of Mont Royal.… [Read More]
I’ve been an enthusiastic user of the métro in Montréal ever since we first visited. Over our various stays, I’ve traveled most of the routes. I’ve been to the ends of the lines, or one stop short, on all of them.… [Read More]
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I’m Sohrry
Sohry I’ve not been posting recently, been having some health challenges. Ready to get back up to speed now! Here are some flowers. Hope you’ll forgive me.
peonies, Chinese garden @ the Jardin Botanique
Some of these health problems were not so much caused by our bug-out to Montréal (though that was exhausting) but by the place we moved into.… [Read More]
This blog post is backwards; I’m starting with the ending and detailing how I got home from my visit to the Promenade Masson (“the Heart of Rosemont”).
Why? Because it was my first time on an e-bike!… [Read More]
This past week, I attended an activity with a local intercultural group: learning to kayak. Now, this group is big into canoe camping and white-water kayaking, but they have to entice us newbies into the sport a little more gently.… [Read More]
Solve the puzzles and (maybe) win a precious jewel, but good luck–no one has succeeded for 40+ years
In 1982, just a few years after the children’s book “Masquerade” kicked off the first “armchair treasure hunt,” Byron Preiss released his own challenge to the treasurially-inclined: find twelve buried “casques” following the clues in his puzzle book “The Secret.”… [Read More]
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Jardin botanique
The Botanical Garden of Montréal is big and relatively expensive — $22.50 for adult admission, with a $5.50 discount if you live in the greater Montréal area. But if you get a $9 Accès Montréal card, you can have free access to the outdoor portions of the Botanical garden!… [Read More]
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Internet and The Old Port
Yesterday, both Manon and I were just about to start meetings over the internet, when my notebook started throwing server not found errors.
Down in the data closet, the modem’s lights were all dark, except for the one, sad blinking “trying to sync” indicator.… [Read More]
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A Bike Adventure
Manon has written before about Montréal’s Bixi bike program. I’m a newcomer to the program this year, and have lots of not-especially-well-organized thoughts about it.
Today, I set out on a small expedition, starting at one of our nearby Bixi stands.… [Read More]