Old Montreal

“My brother lives near the ‘Octopussy’” Agusi782′s photos around Montreal, Canada

Preview of Agusi782′s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Montreal, Canada Entry Title: “My brother lives near the ‘Octo****’!” Entry: “Bonjour mes amis! Well I’m happy to report that my trip to Montreal has definetely been worth the extra 6 hour plane trip . . . Darb and his roomies have been great hosts and even cleaned the bathroom before my arrival (the shower was supposedly clogged with a giant animal-like hair ball). We’ve been spending most of our days exploring the city, which is breathtakingly beautiful and I doubt I’ll find a greater people-watching city along my travels. So far, the scenic highlights of the trip have been Old Montreal, Mount Royal and St-Joseph’s Oratory. This week were going to hit up some of the trendy and very french parts of the city, so it should be a great time. As for the night life, it’s been amazing! Ladies back home, apparently we do not know how to party! These boys have definetely given a new meaning to ‘partying until the sun comes up’. I thought of the GP girls when we went out to an 80′s $1.00 beer night and it was pure craziness. Will write before I leave for Fiji on Saturday. Hope all is well! Much love XOX” Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. “Apartments” 2. “Chalet” 3. “Cool Grafiti” 4. “Gheto Apartments” 5. “Houses” 6. “Me and Darb 80′s night” 7. “Me prior to drinking …

Architecture de Montréal en vidéo.avi

MONTREAL STREETCAR-TRAMWAY (Exporail Museum) (part 1)

Boarding an Old Montreal Streetcar Tramway #1959 restored, St. Constant, Quebec, Canada. EXPORAIL MUSEUM (Delson, St. Constant)

Place Jacques-Cartier

Lynda sipping her coffee on place Jacques Cartier.

Méchant Boeuf

New Bar & Brasserie open in Old Montreal.

B’UGO live at UN

B’UGO plays alongside Darius Syrossian at Club UN (Old Montreal, Quebec) Saturday November 23rd 2010

Montreal Travel: A Great Wine Collection at Auberge Bonaparte

During the last few hours in Montreal on Day 5 of our trip (Feb 22, 2011) I managed to get a few more things in. After a tour of the nicely stacked wine cellar of the Restaurant Bonaparte, I walked a few minutes west on Rue St-Paul to “Olive et Gourmando”, a hugely popular café / bakery. By 10:30 in the morning it was already packed. I had a chance to interview co-owner Dyan Solomon who created this lovely eatery 14 years ago when Old Montreal was still a run-down part of town. Today her business has 35 employees and at noon time you have a hard time getting inside! Then I walked down a few steps to Place d’Youville to the Centre d’Histoire de Montreal, Montreal’s municipal history museum. Historic guide Tyler Wood showed me through the whole museum and I enjoyed the exhibits that explain the five different areas of Montreal’s history. The temporary exhibitions on the second and third level of the museum were also worth a visit: “Made in Montreal?” on the second floor portrays consumer goods made (or not) in Montreal. “Montreal Moderne” explores Montreal’s huge collection of modernist architecture. And in a few months they’ll have an exhibition coming up of all of Montreal’s lost neighbourhoods, places that were destroyed to make way for highways, parking lots etc. Definitely gotta see that… After a delicious lunch at Olive et Gourmando, I finally popped into the Marché Bonsecours and stopped at the Café des Arts for an icecream. Co-owner Michelle Hernandez showed me …

Montreal Travel: A Visit to Olive et Gourmando

During the last few hours in Montreal on Day 5 of our trip (Feb 22, 2011) I managed to get a few more things in. After a tour of the nicely stacked wine cellar of the Restaurant Bonaparte, I walked a few minutes west on Rue St-Paul to “Olive et Gourmando”, a hugely popular café / bakery. By 10:30 in the morning it was already packed. I had a chance to interview co-owner Dyan Solomon who created this lovely eatery 14 years ago when Old Montreal was still a run-down part of town. Today her business has 35 employees and at noon time you have a hard time getting inside! Then I walked down a few steps to Place d’Youville to the Centre d’Histoire de Montreal, Montreal’s municipal history museum. Historic guide Tyler Wood showed me through the whole museum and I enjoyed the exhibits that explain the five different areas of Montreal’s history. The temporary exhibitions on the second and third level of the museum were also worth a visit: “Made in Montreal?” on the second floor portrays consumer goods made (or not) in Montreal. “Montreal Moderne” explores Montreal’s huge collection of modernist architecture. And in a few months they’ll have an exhibition coming up of all of Montreal’s lost neighbourhoods, places that were destroyed to make way for highways, parking lots etc. Definitely gotta see that… After a delicious lunch at Olive et Gourmando, I finally popped into the Marché Bonsecours and stopped at the Café des Arts for an icecream. Co-owner Michelle Hernandez showed me …