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+=== Sun 2 Sep ===
+
+==== Trip to MontReal, day 2 ====
+
+Day two of the trip to MontReal.  They woke us up at 6 in
+the morning (groan) and we left for QuebecCity with no
+breakfast.  This place's better be wonderful!
+
+Yes, QuebecCity was rather cool, but they gave us little time to visit
+it properly.
+
+Except for the old citadel, where we've seen the changing of the guard.
+Really a ridicolous cerimony: the soldiers wear a furry cap and a guy
+shouts orders in french.  They have a live goat as a mascotte and they
+walk her around the plaza.
+
+On the way back to Montreal, we stopped at the MontmorencyFalls...
+nice place, but I almost got lost there!  I wasn't paying attention
+when the guide said the bus would have moved to pick us back on the
+top of the falls, so I walked back to the lower parking lot.
+Luckly, Juliette convinced the bus driver to come and see if I was
+there.
+
+   http://www.quebec-travelguide.com/Beauport/Montmorency-Falls-Park/
+
+
+=== Sat 1 Sep ===
+
+==== Trip to MontReal, day 1 ====
+
+On Monday, it will be labor day, so Juliette and Peter took advantage of this
+extended week-end to take a three day guided tour to MontReal:
+
+http://www.gotobus.com/cs/c91/bustours/boston__montreal3_daytour.html
+
+
+So this was the last chance to visit French Canada with Juliette as a guide,
+as she'll be leaving for Saudi Arabia in a few days and we'll probably not
+see her for some time.  I was lucky enough to join at the very last minute.
+
+As usual, the bus departed from Boston's ChinaTown, but this time the cheap
+bus company of choice was SunshineTouring.  The guide barely speaks English
+and is also not an expert of Canadian history and culture.
+
+Along the way, we did two stops:
+
+ * A cruise with the MinneHaHa on LakeGeorge.
+   http://www.lakegeorgesteamboat.com/minnehaha.html
+
+ * For water rafting in an impressive canyon (but the water flow
+   was very calm: boring).
+ 
+
+MontReal is as enchanting as they say.  Approaching from the highway, you
+see the notorious bunch of skyscrapers in the distance, beautifully lit
+with colorful lights.  Makes me think of U2's "The City of Blinding Lights".
+
+We had dinner in a crappy chinese restourant.  Fixed menu, no
+vegetarian food for me except for white rice.  Anyway, all the
+food looked crappy so I don't think I've lost too much.
+
+The hotel, at least, was ok.  I shared my room with a retired
+man called Mr Chan.  He's originally from HongKong, and moved
+to the USA before his city was given back to China.  At that
+time, many people feared that communism would have taken over.
+Mr Chen arrived in the UnitedStates alone, and didn't speak
+English at all.  He worked very hard for 15 years so he could
+retire at a reasonable age.  His story makes me hope for the
+better.