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Montréal/Québec City Vacation Part 3

October 16, 2014 Missed Part 1 or Part 2? After 3 days in Montréal my mom and I headed to our final destination, Québec City.   The city is also known as Ville de Québec to differentiate itself from the province and sits northeast of Montreal.  We took VIA Rail Canada - it was both scenic and quick (the train ride was approximately 3 hours and there was free wifi).  We arrived at the Gare de train Québec (train station) and…

Montréal/Québec City Vacation Part 2

Missed Part 1? Bonjour mes amies! I will be taking a mini hiatus from Tasty Thursday to wrap up my Montréal and Québec City recaps.   The first few days in Montréal were spent exploring the historic city center.  Afterwards we traveled a bit outside of the city to explore the Jean-Talon Public Market, the Olympic Stadium (the city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics), the Botanical Gardens, the Biodome, and Mount Royal Park. Below is a cute sign that was in…

Montréal/Québec City Vacation Part 1

Bonjour… this time from Canada! I just wrapped up my Turkish/Georgian vacation, and now on to my Canadian adventures from last month. Image: Wikipedia You may recall March and May were very hectic for me due to work/project commitments.  Unfortunately I had to miss a family vacation to France.  Because my mom is pretty awesome, she booked a vacation for us to go to Montréal and Québec City (remember my food recap here?)  Because of their French history my mom thought it…

SeaWheeze Half Marathon Race Recap-Part 2

Click to read Part 1! Downtown Vancouver Sightseeing Vancouver proper (the city) is approximately 44 square miles (slightly smaller than the District of Columbia).Getting around town was easy-metro (they are in the process of implementing their Compass Card system-think Smart or Metro Card), bus (only coins), taxi cabs (they take credit cards), and walking.  Here are some of my sightseeing highlights (I will address more in Part 3): GranviIle Island Public Market is north of downtown and offers visitors walking…