Comments on: Montreal, first impressions http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 12:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Mah http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31556 Mah Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:35:30 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31556 There is only one poutine worth eating in Montreal: La banquise! The rest is disgusting. Don't even try it. There is only one poutine worth eating in Montreal: La banquise! The rest is disgusting. Don’t even try it.

]]> By: Kim http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31543 Kim Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:33:35 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31543 Spell! *where. Spell! *where.

]]> By: Kim http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31542 Kim Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:28:46 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31542 Yay, welcome to my home town, we're everybody is so darn proud to be from there. Si tu arrives à te débrouiller en français, tu découvriras tout un autre Montréal très sympa. Bonne chance! Kim Yay, welcome to my home town, we’re everybody is so darn proud to be from there. Si tu arrives à te débrouiller en français, tu découvriras tout un autre Montréal très sympa. Bonne chance! Kim

]]> By: Alfredo http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31538 Alfredo Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:26:27 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31538 You should learn French. It will make life much much easier. You should learn French. It will make life much much easier.

]]> By: kevix http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31535 kevix Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:36:54 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31535 NYC was not ideal, but tolerated, from what I sense. And Montreal seems like a place that you suggest will fulfill your dreams of a happy cityscape filled with hot subways, cool streets, cheezy poutine, happy doggies and all-you-can-eat Health Care. What's not to like! You can do your usual globetrotting and connect with peeps on your travels and fly back to your ice wonderland. NYC was not ideal, but tolerated, from what I sense. And Montreal seems like a place that you suggest will fulfill your dreams of a happy cityscape filled with hot subways, cool streets, cheezy poutine, happy doggies and all-you-can-eat Health Care. What’s not to like! You can do your usual globetrotting and connect with peeps on your travels and fly back to your ice wonderland.

]]> By: James Spencer http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31534 James Spencer Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:15:20 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31534 DO NOT HATE ON THE POUTINE! Since you're in Montreal I'd go with the smoked meat anyway, but good poutine requires 3 things: -the Québécois (not necessarily in Quebec) -actual cheese curds -a small town (or the side of a highway) If you take out any of those 3 ingredients and the poutine goes downhill. I'm trapped in Toronto and I travel 600 Km back home to Ontario's francophone belt for poutine. :) DO NOT HATE ON THE POUTINE!

Since you’re in Montreal I’d go with the smoked meat anyway, but good poutine requires 3 things:
-the Québécois (not necessarily in Quebec)
-actual cheese curds
-a small town (or the side of a highway)

If you take out any of those 3 ingredients and the poutine goes downhill. I’m trapped in Toronto and I travel 600 Km back home to Ontario’s francophone belt for poutine. :)

]]> By: moatib http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31531 moatib Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:29:34 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31531 Bienvenue au Québec! 2011-2012 is the mildest winter I can remember here in southern Quebec. P.S. La poutine, c'est bon le matin après une nuit bien arrosée! ;) Bienvenue au Québec!

2011-2012 is the mildest winter I can remember here in southern Quebec.

P.S. La poutine, c’est bon le matin après une nuit bien arrosée! ;)

]]> By: Enrique http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31529 Enrique Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:31:31 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31529 First lesson: in Montreal, they aren't called bodegas, they are called "depanneurs" or "dep" for short. Bienvenue chez nous. First lesson: in Montreal, they aren’t called bodegas, they are called “depanneurs” or “dep” for short. Bienvenue chez nous.

]]> By: er http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31528 er Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:45:35 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31528 Only one thing matters: Are you happy? Everything else is less relevant, to avoid fashionable "irrelevant". Thanks to the internet it is easy and cheap to stay in touch with people all over the world. As long as you are happy, all is well. And easily I can think of a million places less attractive than the royal mountain. Enjoy, ER Only one thing matters: Are you happy?
Everything else is less relevant, to avoid fashionable “irrelevant”.
Thanks to the internet it is easy and cheap to stay in touch with people all over the world. As long as you are happy, all is well.
And easily I can think of a million places less attractive than the royal mountain.

Enjoy,
ER

]]> By: Gus http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31527 Gus Sat, 18 Feb 2012 22:17:07 +0000 http://gabriellacoleman.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-31527 My #1 super tip for places where there might be ice: get <a href="http://www.yaktrax.com/" rel="nofollow">YakTrax.</a> They totally solve the insecure feeling of walking on ice (though you do have to take them off indoors, particularly on terrazzo, which will make you slip as if on ice, and any floor you might damage or snag on). My sister goes <i>running</i> in the dang things in Michigan. My #1 super tip for places where there might be ice: get YakTrax. They totally solve the insecure feeling of walking on ice (though you do have to take them off indoors, particularly on terrazzo, which will make you slip as if on ice, and any floor you might damage or snag on). My sister goes running in the dang things in Michigan.

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