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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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 Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject: Montreal |
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i just found out today that a drive to Montreal from NYC only takes 6 hours, have some vacation time coming up and thought i might head up there to see the sights
i know some of y'all are from there, can you recommend places to see, things to do, places to stay?
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Doogie
Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Location: Hwaseong City
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Born and raised in Mtl. The fall colors will be beautiful on Mount Royal. Go to the lookout and you'll have a great view of the city. Secondly, walk around Old Montreal. You'll feel like you're walking around a European city. Finally, go see St.Joseph's Oratory. It doesn't really matter if you're a Christian or not. It's really incredible to see. |
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canuckistan
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Joined: 17 Jun 2003
Location: Training future GS competitors.....
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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Mtl  Boston is 5 hours. I'd count more on 7 or 8hrs from NYC, and that's going at a good clip.
Old Montreal, and if you want to crank it up at night walk down St Catherine St around the Crescent St area. Streets of bars on either side.
Sir Winston Churchill's Pub on Crescent is by now, an institution.
Rue St Denis and Rue St Laurent (a little more east of that) have more bars and are great places to crank it up too.
Google "Montreal bed and breakfast" and be sure to ask about one that's right downtown.
Or check this link : http://www.bbmontreal.qc.ca/ |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't mean to offend any Montrealers here, but if I was you I'd drive on another couple of hours to Quebec City. If "interesting, cool, very different, European-like, great nightlife" is what you're looking for, Quebec City's where you want to go. |
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Dev
Joined: 18 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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The hip streets to do your shopping and eating on are St. Laurent and St. Denis streets. Very artsy and the people are cool.
Make sure you eat Montreal's bagels. They're mouth-watering and melt in your mouth. The best bakeries bake them in wood ovens.
The best economical place to stay is here http://www.hostelz.com/hostel/21114-Auberge-Maeva
Cheap, clean and in Plateau Mont Royal, an artsy neighborhood with well-preserved old-style Montreal homes. Just taking a walk in the neighborhood is a pleasure in itself. The hostel is 1 block from the subeway too. |
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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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thanks for all your suggestions guys
how will the weather be like generally during early november? its it freezing cold up there?
quebec city sounds like an option to go on a day trip whilst im there, i'll check it out
well, the person i spoke with today said it took him 5-1/2 hours from Mont Royal and he was only going 65miles/hour and he assured me it would take no longer than 6 hours, will have to google map it and see i guess |
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Make sure to stock up on Players cigarettes and Molson Export beer prior to returning home. |
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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject: |
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| not into players or molson but i will stock up on coffee crisp, smarties and canadian cola |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Tiberious aka Sparkles wrote: |
| Make sure to stock up on Players cigarettes and Molson Export beer prior to returning home. |
Blerk. Bring back some of this.
http://www.unibroue.com/ |
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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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anyone know what exactly i am allowed to cross the border with? do they even check?
going in to toronto 2 years ago, it was easy but coming out with us customs officers wasnt all that pleasant... and im american!!! |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:39 pm Post subject: |
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| peony wrote: |
| anyone know what exactly i am allowed to cross the border with? do they even check? |
Usually they don't check. But they can. You might still have a passport from your Korea time, so bring that.
Officially you should have "proof of citizenship" with you. That's not just to get into Canada, but also to return to the US so you can prove you're not a greasy illegal trying to sneak in.
Oh - leave the weapons at home. This may sound snide, buy a long time ago I worked for the government tourism department and we had more problems than we needed from visitors getting very upset at the border that their constitutional right to bear arms didn't extend into New Brunswick. Radar detectors, too. |
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Harpeau
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Location: Coquitlam, BC
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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Montreal is a great city. Wear some thermal underwear as it begins to get nippy about now. Mont Royal is a great place~ lovers lying down on the grass making out under the trees. 
Go to Dunns or Schwartz for an awesome smoked meat sandwhich. There are a few other good ones as well. The bagels are incredible in the Jewish bakeries.
I really like Old Montreal. Get a horse and buggy ride~ they're lots of fun! The parks are really beautiful as well. There is much to do~ all depends what you're interested in doing.
Finally, you might want to check out a few movies that are set in Montreal~ "Jesus of Montreal" - there is also the one with deNiro and the other one with the Friend's guy who plays a dentist.
Cheers! |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| peony wrote: |
| anyone know what exactly i am allowed to cross the border with? do they even check? |
Yeah, they check. Usually for the typical stuff - things that are illegal, etc.
I've been back and forth 100s of times between Michigan and Ontario (and a half dozen on the ON/NY side as well). Sometimes I just drive right across with just a few questions asked.. other times I've had every item of my car and person checked. Generally it takes a couple minutes to get across. The longest delay for me was around 5 hours and another time for 1 hour. Generally, they just let you go through though.
IDs are essential these days (in either direction) - it wasn't always that way. Generally you almost always have to answer 'what is your nationality?', 'how long will you be in _____?', 'what do you intend to do in _________?', 'are you carrying any fruit/weapons/drugs/etc.?' |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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peony
Joined: 30 Mar 2005
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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| wow, thanks for that link! that was definitely helpful as im starting out with nothing |
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