Hallowe’en in Montréal and La Prairie

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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Botanical Gardin – Jardin Botanique

Montréal’s Botanical Garden is one of the largest in the world and is well worth the visit. Situated in the Hochelga-Maisoneuve district it is just next to the Olympic park.
The gardens consist of three different parts:

the gardens themselves
the greenhouses
the insectarium

The gardens are vast – you can spend all day if you take the care to [...]

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