Today we passed through La Prairie to have a quick look. The town is on the bank of the Saint Laurent just east of Brossard. The old centre is quite pretty with a few shops, the rest is standard strip malls. We saw some suburbs that looked pretty good, very similar to Brossard, although we [...]
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La Prairie
Posted in Areas, tagged la prairie, monteregie, Montréal, south shore, where to live on August 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Car Insurance Québec
Posted in Companies, hints and tips, tagged car insurance, house insurance, insurance, Montréal on August 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We have nothing but praise for the insurance broker who found us car insurance. It’s harder to get insurance in Québec without a Québec drivers licence. Most companies won’t consider you. So it was a job well done by our broker who was personally recommended by a friend in Belgium.
If you’re looking for car or [...]
Conroys Organics
Posted in hints and tips, tagged Beekmanstown, Conroy's deli, Organic, Organic deli, Organic Food, Plattsburgh on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We left the US border with a crying baby and a hungry little girl, so finding a place to eat was the top priority. We had a really stroke of luck and came across a gem of a place that made the 2 hour wait at the border almost worthwhile.
On the Interstate we noticed a [...]
The US Border
Posted in hints and tips, tagged Montréal, Plattsburgh, US Border on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday we spent 2 hours waiting to cross the US border. There was a lot of traffic, much more than usual, trying to get the to Adirondacks for hte day. We arrived just before 11am and left around 1pm, so next time we’ll be leaving Montréal much earlier!
At the border we were asked the usual [...]
Plattsburgh Beaches – Point au Roche
Posted in Attractions, tagged beaches, day out montreal, Freshwater beaches, Montréal, Plattsburgh on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ah the sun is shinning, it’s 30° outside, what is one supposed to do? Hit the beach – and in Montréal this means go to a beach on a lake. A very popular destination is just over the US border at Plattsburgh. So we (and seemingly the rest of Québec) headed down to Plattsburgh.
There are [...]
Parc La Fontaine Park
Posted in Attractions on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
La Fontaine park is the largest park in the Plateau area of Montréal, just a few blocks below avenue Mont-Royal. It’s quite large for Montréal and has a big kids playground which is as well maintained as any I’ve seen in the city.
The playground is split into two areas, one for kids up to 6 [...]
Magog & Lake Memphrémagog
Posted in Attractions, tagged Cantons de l'est, Eastern Townships, Estrie, Magog, Montréal, trips from Montréal on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The sun was shining, it’s the weekend, what’s more Canadian that escaping the city to find the countryside? With that in mind we ventured out of Montréal to the Eastern Townships (Cantons de l’Est or Estrie in French). Not really knowing them too well, we chose Magog, one of the better known towns.
Magog is on the [...]
Ice Cream
Posted in hints and tips, tagged ice-cream, Laurier, Montréal, shopping on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Walking down avenue Laurier, around the park Sir Wilfred-Laurier, we noticed a home-made ice-cream parlour. Well neat! Good ice-cream is always good, especially when enjoyed at the park. This led us to remark that there are a lot of ice-cream parlours in and around Montréal, and a good deal of of them had home made [...]
Brossard is the area just over the Champlain bridge from Montréal. It’s mainly residential, very green with modern and new houses. Brossard is part of the town of Longueuil.
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In distance terms, Brossard is not far from downtown Montréal, however the need to cross a bridge can mean that communtes can take some time. [...]
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