Ice cider is a relatively new speciality from Québec. It’s quite a sweet drink with a slight fresh apple taste – definitely worth trying and something that will be becoming more popular.
It can be drunk as an aperatif, as a dessert wine, possibly after a meal – but I’m a bit less convinced about that.
The [...]
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Ice Cider
Posted in hints and tips, tagged domaine pinnacle, globe and mail, ice wine, Montréal, québec, québec speciality, saq, societe des alcools de québec on November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Father Christmas Parade – Defilé du Père Noël
Posted in Attractions, tagged defile du pere noel, father christmas, father christmas parade, Montréal, pere noel, rue st catherine, santa claus on November 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Every year in Montréal there is a parade welcoming Father Christmas (or Santa Claus) to the city. Parents and children line Montréal’s main shopping thoroughfare, la rue Saint Catherine as different floats and performances move along the road. Despite the sub zero temperatures (it was -5oc) everyone was in a good mood and enjoying the [...]
The cold in Montréal
Posted in hints and tips, tagged Montréal, montreal weather, weather, winter on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Winter is definitely on its way to Montréal. I popped out of the car this afternoon to fill it up with petrol in just a tee-shirt and jumper and my gosh, at the end I jumped back in the car again – it was so cold!!
Actually it was around -5 degrees celsius which is not [...]
Realtor in La Prairie, South Shore
Posted in Companies, hints and tips, tagged claire savard, la prairie, la prairie realtor, montreal real estate, realtor, south shore real estate on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re looking to buy or sell a house on the South-Shore of Montréal, especially in the La Prairie, Brossard or Candiac areas it’s worth getting in touch with Claire Savard. She really helped us out and was highly professional: she listened carefully to what we needed, learnt what we liked and disliked as we [...]
Cupcakes in Montréal
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cupcakes, Montréal, plateau mont-royal on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cupcakes are a North American tradition and are very similar to Fairy cakes in the UK, or if I’m not being charitable “buns” as they’re sometimes called.
But my, it’s amazing what you can do with buns. Carrotte cake, squash flavour, lemon merangue flavour
… if that’s enough to tempt you then try out Petits Gateaux at [...]
Christmas Loft
Posted in Attractions, tagged burlington, christmas decorations, christmas loft, day trips montréal, tourism in vermont, USA, vermont on November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The holiday season is fast approaching and soon it will be time to decorate our houses with lots of Christmas decorations. If you’d like to go somewhere really special to select your favourite baubles, why not drive over the border to Burlington in Vermont? It’s just under two hours drive from Montréal.
Burlington itself is a [...]
Hallowe’en in Montréal and La Prairie
Posted in Attractions, tagged canadian traditions, Family activities in Montréal, Hallowe'en, Hallowe'en in la prairie, Hallowe'en in montréal, la prairie, Montréal, québec traditions on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What can I say but wow! If you’ve never seen Hallowe’en in North America you’re in for a pleasant surprise! It’s really taken seriously here.
La Prairie in suburban Montréal organises a Hallowe’en party in it’s 340 year old historical centre. Amongst the old buildings a haunted graveyard was set up, one of the municipal buildings became an [...]
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