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Montréal & Québec

This page is dedicated to my adventures in the Québec province, notably Montréal and Québec City, during the mid-2010s. Canada is a modern liberal democracy that functions in such way that is probably the best most immigrants, refugees and indeed, most people, can think of. There is a running joke that Canada could have combined British class, American wealth and French culture in one, but it appears to fail all of these great expectations in every respect. In truth, Canada saw all that did not work out south of the border and across the Atlantic, so Canadians went on to carve out its own path towards its unique destiny: less classist than Britain, more socialist than America, and weary of the political turmoil that plagued France and other parts of Europe since the French Revolution, it sits quietly and peacefully in the northern half of the North American continent – the better, more civilized half, I would say.

Montréal

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A view of downtown Montréal from the Kondiaronk Belvedere lookout on Mount Royal

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Old Port Montréal during summer

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Autumn foliage on Mount Royal

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Autumn foliage on Mount Royal

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Jean-Talon Market during summer

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St-Viateur Bagel Shop

Wing's Noodle Factory (closed since December 2025)

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A Chinese eatery in Montréal's Chinatown

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Notre-Dame Basilica of Montréal

Jacques Cartier Bridge

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Place Jacques-Cartier during summer

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Moonrise seen from the Kondiaronk Belvedere on Mount Royal

Québec City

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Funicular railway entrance in front of Fairmont Le Château Frontenac.

Petit-Champlain before Christmas

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Palais Montcalm with its outdoor ice skating rink during winter

FIAT LUX

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