CANADA, Quebec Province.
13/Jul/2018 to 22/Aug/2018.
Quebec time = European time - 6h
1 € =1.53 CAD (Canadian Dollar)
1 US$ = 1.28 CAD
1 CAD = 0.65 € = 0.78 US$
1 € =1.53 CAD (Canadian Dollar)
1 US$ = 1.28 CAD
1 CAD = 0.65 € = 0.78 US$
Friday 13/Jul/2018.
- Air Transat Flight TS425 from Marseille (MRS) to Montreal (YUL), 14:10-16:15, direct flight, 8h05, 740.77€ (including return flight), A330 plane.
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| Flight annoncement for the direct flight from Marseille to Montréal. |
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| Extremely economic lunch, insane, by far the worst airline lunch I got in 10 years. |
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| A basic college bedroom for the next four nights. |
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€).
Saturday 14/Jul/2018.
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| Canadian breakfast at Tim Hortons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons |
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| Montreal Metro, Mc Gill station. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Metro |
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| Extending my french vocabulary: "Dépanneur" = small grocery store. |
Parc Jean-Drapeau.
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| 14th of July, french national holiday (Stewart museum). |
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| Water tower inside the Tour de Lévis. An excellent view point is reached climbing the 157 steps. |
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| Biosphère museum, re-use of the american 1967 World Fair pavillon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Biosphere |
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| Biosphère museum. |
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| Montréal hosts many festivals during the summer months. |
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| 1976 Olympics stadium, the tower and the roof remained unfinished for the games. |
Botanical Garden.
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| Chinese garden. |
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| Chinese garden. |
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| Chinese garden. |
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| Chinese garden. |
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| Japanese garden. |
Murals.
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| (the very same place, 4 weeks later... a different mural, from the same kind). |
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€), 2nd night.
Sunday 15/Jul/2018.
Mont Royal.
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| The Chalet near the summit of the hill. |
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| Kondiaronk belvédère, first contact with the red Adirondack chairs. |
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| Montréal's skyline. |
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| Mont Royal cross (32m tall, 11m wide structure). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Royal_Cross |
Brunch time.
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| Restaurant dressed with the french colors, day of the Fifa worldcup final (won by the french team). |
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| A belgian waffle. |
Saint Joseph oratory.
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| The biggest church of Canada, also a major canadian pilgrim destination. |
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| Some pilgrims drop to their knees to climb these 99 stairs. |
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| Terrace |
Ile de la Visitation Natural Park.
Montreal downtown.
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| Beverage included : 'Breuvage inclus'. |
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€), 3rd night.
Monday 16/Jul/2018.
Old Montréal.
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| The Hotel de Ville, the town hall. |
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| Place d'Armes. |
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| A more than controversial point of view... |
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| Luxury hotels, with Fernando Botero art. |
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€), 4th night.
Tuesday 17/Jul/2018.
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| Public garden. |
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| Public garden plants. |
Parc René-Lévesque (end of Lachine canal).
Parc des Rapides.
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| Saint Laurent River rapids. |
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€), 5th night.
Wednesday 18/Jul/2018.
Mile-End neighboorhood.
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| Saint Michael and Saint Anthony church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Michael_and_St._Anthony |
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| Fairmont Bagel bakery. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairmount_Bagel |
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| Garage paintings. |
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| Parc Fontaine. |
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| Clothes fitting room... at -25degC. |
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€), 6th night.
Thursday 19/Jul/2018.
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| Montréal, Place des Arts. |
MAC - Musée d'Art Contemporain.
'Pulse Spiral', 2008, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
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| 'The Prophets', 2013-2015, Richard Ibghi and Marilou Lemmens. |
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| 'The Prophets', 2013-2015, Richard Ibghi and Marilou Lemmens (detail). |
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| 'Vicious Circular Breathing', 2013, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. |
Zoom Pavilion, 2015, Rafel Lozano-Hemmer.
Festival.
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€), 7th night.
Friday 20/Jul/2018.
Biking Tour.
'Le Plateau' neighborhood.
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| Typical street of 'Le Plateau' neighborhood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Plateau-Mont-Royal |
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| Montréal's community gardening program. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_gardening |
'Little Italy' neighborhood.
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| 'Little Italy' neighborhood's church, converted into luxury flats. |
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| A nice cannolo in a Sicilian bar of Little Italy. |
Rue Saint Denis.
Village neighborhood.
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| Montréal's Village. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Village,_Montreal |
Historical Montréal.
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| Montréal's Notre Dame basilica. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre-Dame_Basilica_(Montreal) |
Parc des Meubliers.
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| Salvador Dali's 'Space Elephant' sculpture, 1980, on loan to Montréal. Standing there until someone buys (3.6M$ asking price). |
Atwater Market.
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| Fruit stalls. |
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| Quebec cheeses. |
|---| Royal Victoria College Residence, Mc Gill, Montreal, 54CAD/n (35€), 8th night.
Saturday 21/Jul/2018.
Road trip to the Hudson Bay, from 21/Jul to 11/Aug, 21 days.
Montréal to Val d'Or.
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| Taking ownership of the nice featured Jeep, for the about 7000km road trip. |
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| Strawberries being sold by volume rather than by weight, 13CAD/4l (about 2€ per liter of strawberries). |
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| First petrol refueling of the 12l/100km consuming Jeep. |
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| Holoween party organized by the camp site. |
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| Sunset over the Lac Malartic lake. |
|---| Car, La Baie municipal camp site, La Corne, Val d'Or.
Sunday 22/Jul/2018.
Val d'Or to Ruppert River.
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| Inspection gate at the start of the remote James Bay road. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bay_Road |
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| Next petrol station comes 381km later. |
Waskaganish.
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| Village entry. |
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| Waskaganish Cree community. |
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| Sunset. |
|---| Car, basic camp site along the St James Bay road.
Monday 23/Jul/2018.
Ruppert River to Radisson.
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| Ruppert river bridge in the early morning James Bay road km257. |
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| Sunrise over the Ruppert river rapids. |
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| Successfully reached the petrol station. |
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| Rivière au Castor, with a high iron content. |
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| Reindeer lichen, prefered pasture for the moose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichen |
Robert Bourassa Dam and Power Station visit.
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| The reservoir. |
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| The giant overflow waterfall (spillway), 10 steps, each of nine to twelve meters. total drop to the river is 110m. |
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| Overflow waterfall, as seen from the dam. |
|---| Tent, Municipal camp site, Radisson.
Tuesday 24/Jul/2018.
Radisson to Chisasibi and to James Bay road km382.
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| Long Point, Chisasibi. |
|---| km382 Motel along the St James Bay road.
Wednesday 25/Jul/2018.
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| Motel of last night. |
|---| Car, Maxi Supermarket, Chibougamau.
Thursday 26/Jul/2018.
|---| Tent, Opemiska camp site, Chapais.
Friday 27/Jul/2018.
Chapais to Lac St Jean.
Cree Cultural Institute.
Road to Lac Saint Jean.
Lac Saint Jean.
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| Lac Saint Jean lake. |
|---| Car, Rapids, Saint André de Saint Jean.
Saturday 28/Jul/2018.
|---| Car, Bakery, Les Bergeronnes.
Sunday 29/Jul/2018.
|---| Car, Lighthouse, Pointe des Monts.
Monday 30/Jul/2018.
|---| Car, Longe Pointe de Mingan.
Tuesday 31/Jul/2018.
|---| Car, Havre-Saint-Pierre.
Wednesday 01/Aug/2018.
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| Dinner BBQ. |
|---| Tent, National Park, Quarry island.
Thursday 02/Aug/2018.
Kegaska.
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| End of the road 138. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_Route_138 |
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| Le Brion shipwreck |
|---| Car, behind restaurant, Natashquan.
Friday 03/Aug/2018.
Natashquan.
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| 180 degree panorama. |
|---| Car, behind restaurant, Natashquan.
Saturday 04/Aug/2018.
Anse de la Grande Pointe, Cap Ferré.
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| Cap Ferré monolith. |
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| Cap Ferré beach. |
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| Cap Ferré, Ruisseau Rouge waterfall. |
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| Sunset. |
|---| Car, wild campsite, le Bout du Banc, Rivière Saint Jean.
Sunday 05/Aug/2018.
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| Rivière au Tonerre, Le Grand Saut waterfall. |
|---| Car, les Bergeronnes.
Monday 06/Aug/2018.
Beluga whale observation, Sacré Coeur.
Bear encounter.
Ferry.
|---| Car, behind pharmacy, Saint Siméon.
Tuesday 07/Aug/2018.
Basilica of Sainte Anne de Bonpré.
Québec by night.
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Wednesday 08/Aug/2018.
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Thursday 09/Aug/2018.
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Friday 10/Aug/2018.
Quebec city.
Montmorency falls.
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| The Montmorency waterfall is 83m tall, 30m higher than the Niagara falls. |
|---| Car, Boucherville.
Saturday 11/Aug/2018.
Montréal (again).
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| Watering of city plants. |
Sustainable Development House.
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| Maison du développement durable. https://lamdd.org/propos |
Museum of Fine Arts.
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| Stephan Balkenhol, Head of a Man and a Woman, 1990. |
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| Armchairs, Table and Stool, Niki de Saint Phalle 1980-1982. |
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| Graffiti Wall, George Segal, 1990. |
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| The last Super, Carlo Crivelli, 1488. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Crivelli |
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| Return from the Inn, Pieter Bruegel the Younger, About 1620. |
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| Spring, Pieter Bruegel the Younger, 1620s-1630s. |
Graffiti week-end.
|---| UQAM residence, 98CAD/2p (65€).
Sunday 12/Aug/2018.
Biking Lachine Canal.
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| Lunch restaurant, for a 'Moules-Frites'. |
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Monday 13/Aug/2018.
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| Square Victoria metro station, with Paris' Hector Guimard's entrance portico. |
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| 45m tall green wall of the Sainte Élisabeth bar. |
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Tuesday 14/Aug/2018.
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Wednesday 15/Aug/2018.
Saint Louis neighborhood.
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Thursday 16/Aug/2018.
Canadian Centre for Architecture.
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Friday 17/Aug/2018.
Montréal's Underground City.
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| 33km maze of underground passageways, interconnecting squares, buildings, shopping centers, railway station, car parkings... |
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| Central station. |
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| Montréal's World Trade Center. |
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| Crew Collective & café, reuse of the old counter hall of the Royal Bank tower (1928). |
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Saturday 18/Aug/2018.
Montréal History museum.
Bixi biking Canal Lachine and Park Cartier.
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| Sunset. |
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Sunday 19/Aug/2018.
Fierté Montréal parade.
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| Air Canada. |
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Monday 20/Aug/2018.
Little Italy.
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| Madonna della Difesa church. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Madonna_della_Difesa |
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| Oops... Mussolini. |
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| A beautifully decorated Cinquecento car. |
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| Pasticceria Alati-Caserta, Famous for the babas and canoli. The Cassatine are not bad too. http://alaticaserta.com/ |
Jean-Talon fruit and vegetable market.
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| Berry-UQAM metro station, crossing of the green line and orange line. |
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| Montréal's bus terminal. |
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Tuesday 21/Aug/2018.
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| Montréal's public library. |
Saint Laurent street murals.
|---| Titouan's flat, Montréal.
Wednesday 22/Aug/2018.
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| Montréal to Marseille flight announcement |
- Air Transat Flight TS434 from Montreal (YUL) to Marseille (MRS), 21:25-10:35, 7h10 (23/Aug), A330.
|---| Airplane.
