"Pierre_Rouss's new Montreal Page " a Montreal Travel Page by Pierre_Rouss

Daily weather : Last week down around 0 degC!
Wow, this week it's around 15 degC (that's 60+ degF for the other ones). Darn NICE still!!!

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There are so many festivals, I wouldn't want to create an individual tip for each. For a pretty good list, checkout one of my General tips.

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Coming soon >>>>>

Aquafête / Grenouilles en fête
date April 26-27, from 9am to 5pm
Bunch of crazy people jumping in white water in diving suits.
Check out my travelogue and join me next time.

Le Festival mondial de la bière
date June 4-8, from 12am to 11pm
at the Windsor train station and adjacent court
1160 de la Gauchetière street near Peel or Bonaventure metro station.
More than 250 beer, scotches and whiskies
admission is free and samples ranges between 1 to 5 coupons of $1
good tip : buy the sample glass (6oz) at $6, then they fill it instead of a small plastic glass (4oz).

Grand Prix de F1 de Montréal
June 13 to 15, 2004. Starting on the Friday with the freestyle rounds (as low as $50!!), the qualifications and them the actual race (why not a box at $1000-1500?!?).

Festival de Jazz de Montréal
June 26 to July 6, 2004. It's the 24th edition.
http://montrealjazzfest.com/

Le Mondial SAQ, firework competition
Japan Saturday June 15
Portugal Saturday June 22
Belgium Saturday June 20
Austria Saturday July 6
Canada Saturday July 13
USA Wednesday July 17
Italy Saturday July 21
France Wednesday July 24
Closing Saturday July 28
www.lemondialsaq.com

Festival Juste pour rire/Just for Laugh Festival
July 10-20, 2004. It's the 26th anniversary of the festival (20th for Just for Laugh).
http://www.haha.com/

Festival des FrancoFolies
July 24 to August 2, 2004.
Again, one more big festival in Montreal, almost the last one this summer.
Not only great to have a big overview of the music from Québec, but also great for all kind of music from around the world from francophone countries.

Festival des Mongolfières / Balloon Festival
South of Montreal in St-Jean
August 9-17, 2004.

FestiBlues
August 16-18, 2004.
It's great and happening soon!

Haha, VT meeting season is coming.

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Montréal, one of the greatest city in the world!!

Both to live in and to visit. One of the first cities colonized in America (founded in 1642), it was founded by the French and used as a trading post. It stayed an important port and relay point as Canada was explored.

The French culture can be found everywhere in this city, the most European city in all of North America. Although French is spoken by 80% of the population, visitors can get by just fine in English.

Montréal is very cosmopolite. French and English are spoken by a big portion of the population, we have a Chinatown; Greek, Italian, Indian, Spanish, Haitian, Jamaican, south American, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc... are found also in Montreal.

When I am not traveling, Montréal is a great place to be. Scan the yellow pages (phone book) in the restaurant section, you will find both an alphabetical and a category section. So, travel by proxy by dining in numerous international restaurants.

Bon séjour à Montréal.

Pierre