so i heard it was the most europeanized city in NOrth America. i don't want to go anywhere too far for a trip with my friend. and I never went to Canada before... i heard the nightlife was good. plus its only about a 2 hour flight from chicago. please enlighten me more about this city and its attractions.. <3

for that you go to Québec City IMO. it's so beautiful and european... (and smaller too, but still big enough to be a city...)

montréal is more like a clash of modern architecture and old but pretty looking buildings. however in Québec City the people aren't so keen on speaking english, whereas in Montréal, one can live there for the rest of his or her life w/o knowing a word of French.

canada = awesome. you'll love it in montréal. it's like paris but people speak english and it's close.

you missed the jazz festival! ;__;

attractions? umm, lots of catholic-ish stuff...

notre-dame basilica (apparentlyt hey have a nice light show at night but i didn't get to see it?), it's where that b!tch celine dion got married i think. it looks SO NICE. i'm not kidding. like NIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE.

st. joseph's oratory (st. jospeh = patron saint of canada) in the huge @$$ oratory i think brother andré's heart is like in a box somewhere... (yea we catholics are crazy... hahahah)

and then there's the olympic stadium... w/ the tower of montréal... and this zoo kinda thing called the biodome...

then there's Mont-Royal (which is where Montréal get's it's name... -__-) it's this big hill where you can see all of the island of montréal (montréal is situated on a big island fyi) and atop the mountain is this huge cross that you can see from various points in the city, although it isn't incredibly spectacular like the christ the redeemer in rio, it's not as big as i thought it would be... altohugh maybe that's just because my city has the most pwnage tower ever...

just ton of stuff... two things you MUST see though.

take a taxi to old montréal. that's where the basilica is anyways, so you better go to old montréal or i'll kill you. the taxi driver that took us to old montréal was kinda stupid and his english sucked but we got there... -__- just had to do a bit of walking to get where we wanted to go... it looks really beautiful. i went during the winter and it looks absolutely breathtaking. with the falling snow... it just looks awesome... (beware: montréal winters are ridiculously cold, colder than toronto or chicago) cobblestone streets so err, only wear heels if you're prepared for it, but yea, it's just a great place to walk around, look at the old architecture, $hit like that... that's the kind of $hit you can't get in toronto... (iunno if chicago has a neighbourhood full of old french looking apartments but toronto doesnt ;__;)

next, you gotta at least take a peek at the souterrain or 'the underground'. great place for shopping or just avoiding the cold weather. it's like several blocks all built under downtown montréal... tons of shops, retaurants, grocery stores.. i heard there's even a school under there... but yea it connects to the subway system so it should be fairly easy to get there. there's one like it in toronto but it's really dinky and it just connects a few skyscrapers together. nothing like in MTL.


if you want to see pictures.. umm visit this site i created for a grade 8 french project
http://www.freewebs.com/hamstarr/montreal.html
and to anyone else looking at it, my friend SUCKS so shaddap if you see any grammar problems!

wow thanks. oops i forgot there was a canada chat. i'll move this to there. those places you mentioned sounds like something i would loveee to see. i love looking at good architecture. i would have liked the jazz fest. i heard about it on this show that they have a huge music fest there. but theres a lot of jazz in chicago too. so im fine. only reason i was worried about the nightlife is because my friend who wants to come with me loves nightclubs and i guess i'll go to one with her..

i don't know french so maybe montreal is a good transition for my friend and i .

Come to Toronto .

come to scarborough XD hahaha

nothing to see in either place.

i was born and raised in the malvern part of scaroborough. there's fun $hit to do on a daily basis but for a tourist, both places are incredibly boring and stupid.

There is lots to see here.

Markham pwns scarborough

j00 ar3 m1st4k3n!

lol. no but i might for you


wtf?


so.. show me pics of montreal? i heard there was a shooting near downtown in a college...

hammy-o has some great info!

definitely visit Mont-Royal and old Montreal I love it there, I never get tired of it...Fall is the best time to visit Montreal, just wait for the orange leaves and the cool smell of fall. Bring yo' camera toki! and also visit l'Oratoire de Saint-Joseph! nice view there!!!

For night life, visit the loong stretch of rue Saint-Catherine for clubs and also trendy shops and malls.

http://www.sphinxmontreal.com/travel/touri...nightspots.html

You definitely have to be familiar with the Metro system to go around! Dont go by car! it sucks!



Carefull at Plamondon and at Cote-des-neiges cuz it can get ghetto immigrant at night



have fun!

Hey whats the deal!?? i used to live there, lolz dont believe the rumors that its a rough neighbourhood, sure there are gangstas but just the wanabe ones I love plamondon, u could see all kinds of people there

montréal is a really safe city. i was pretty shocked when i heard about the shooting.


and yea, montréal's métrio pwns toronto's. plus it's obviously connected to the souterrain so there's a whole bunch of $hit to do underground if it's too cold.


here's a bunch of pics: http://www.dam.brown.edu/people/glin/Trip_...eal/page_01.htm

yeah i like the diversity over there too its just the wannabe gangstas are annoying I like NDG too

lol go to eastside scarborough... Morningside and ellesmere !

that's where my dad used to work.

I went to Quebec and Montreal. Iono I thought that they were really boring. Strange, more than 1 guy flashed me his penis. Ewww.

Went to the mall, found out that it close like at 6 on Saturdays!!!

did you go to Papineau? aka Gay village? lolz
Malls used to close at 6 on weekends but now its 9

im heading to Montreal this weekend actually. Staying at the Sheraton hotel downtown. Gonna walk around and enjoy the foods there.

what should i order when i go to eat there? any city delicacies?

try poutine lol
or beaver's tail but this one is more ontario delicacy
but its still canadian =P

hmm, well i dont usually eat the asian food there. i mainly enjoy the cafes and the atmosphere. One place I really like is Le Taj which is an indian place in the downtown. It's the best indian food I've ever had.

also, if you're into vegetarian foods, try ChuChai which is on st. denis street. St. Denis street is like the party place in montreal. I'm sure the friend you're going with will be interested.

I also enjoy L'Actuel which has really good shellfish. There's lots of different types.

i think french foods are really good there but i dont really enjoy steaks and pates and that kinda stuff.

I go to montreal for the Old Montreal cause its like Europe there. I like to walk around.

i was there. orange julep is great, its like orange juice on crack.

tim horton donuts are good too.

asian girls in montreal are most delicious of them all.

poutine in montreal tastes like the same $hit elsewhere in canada.



you gotta be $hitting me. tim hortons? thats like the most popular coffee/donut chain in canada. there's nothing special bout tim hortons in montreal. its the same $hit.

asian girls in montreal are good? you obviously never been to Toronto.

Asian girls in Montreal speaks French and English, thats a plus

Not sure if anyone will read this thread again but if there's anyone reading this and you're from Montreal, can you let me know what club events are happening this coming weekend? I'm trying to look for ones that are held by asian promotors (i.e similar to HiLife in Toronto).

Thanks In Advance!

honhonhon oui oui oui COME TO QUEBEC lol




oh, and watch this, it is a great travel guide to Quebec lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLSWQhrA4IA