In Montreal at the moment, after 3 days in Quebec City. Have ditched air travel in favour of trains, which was a good move cuz the seats are waaay comfier and the trip more pleasant. Although we did fly from Calgary to Montreal, which took 5 hours. Then another 3 hours on the train to Quebec City.

Quebec City was awesome. So, so beautiful. Wish I could post pictures right now, but the stupid hostel 'puter won't let me >;-[ Vieux Quebec, the old part of the city, is a quaint walled city which looks someone moved a part of Paris and placed it in North America. Narrow cobblestones streets, houses squished together, winding staircases, cafes serving steaming bowls of cafe au lait, artisan bakeries...add to that the fact that everyone spoke French, and I totally did not feel like I was in Canada.

If Banff was all about nature and wildlife, then Quebec is all about food. All Susie and I did, in between walking on top of the city's walls (which cover 4.6km around the city) and exploring the streets inside the walls, was eat. We did not have a single bad meal in Quebec.

I find that you can get by quite easily in Quebec and Montreal with English, although an attempt at speaking French doesn't hurt. Even if the most you can say is "bonjour" or "merci" or "parlez vous anglais?".

Oops, just checked my internet credit and I have 3 minutes left! So guess I'll have to save more Quebec stories, and Montreal, for later...