Our travels

Towards Niagara Falls

 From Ottawa we had to cover  520 km. It sounds simple, but it proved to be a challenge for both drivers. First, continuous rain and a very limited visibility, then breaking through the Toronto traffic (all the way on the  motorway) ... After 6 hours we got to our hotel. We looked about and planne...

Montreal - a lunar eclipse

This is what we unexpectedly encountered in Montreal on Sunday evening between 9 and 11pm. A lunar eclipse of blood-red supermoon  dazzled us together with the Canadians. The sun, the moon and the planet Earth haven't aligned perfectly since 1982, and won't again until 2033, making tonight's total...

Farewell to Montreal

We decided to spend our last day in the Old Montreal (or in French Vieux-Montréal). Along cobble stone narrow streets rise buildings from  XVII, XVIII, and XIX centuries in such a number that Montreal is the most saturated with historical monuments on the North American continent. Because of  a very...

Montreal in full sunshine

A Saturday morning.  A cloudless sky. Quite chilly (16C),  but the sun is promising a very warm day. The residents of Montreal, tourists, and all the others are out in the streets enjoying extremely warm weather. Here nobody remembers previous such a beautiful end of September. It’s hard to believ...

Montreal in the afternoon

After a some-hour-drive South-West from Quebec we arrived in Montreal – the second biggest city of Canada. Beautiful neighbourhoods of Montreal stretch along the southern slopes of Mount Royal which gave the name to the city. Vieux-Montréal – The Old City is located close by the river quais where ...

Ile d'Orleans

In the aafternoon we toured Ile d'Orleans on the River St. Lawrence- one of the major waterways of Canada and the world. It’s a big agricultural island, rich in fertile land and it supplies Quebec fruit and vegetables. We are approaching the largest waterfall in the Province of Quebec - Montmorenc...

The old city - Quebec

In the morning we were strolling around the city with beautiful weather: cloudless skies and the temperatures 20 C. First, again Upper Town (Haute-Ville), then Lower Town (Basse-Ville) which is the oldest part of Quebec's. With its narrow streets full of typical French restaurants and cafes, it dis...

Quebec City by night

After a long journey we had a little energy left to go to the city centre to enjoy the atmosphere of a Wednesday night. There are ongoing preparations for the local film festival. Quebec City is the cradle of the French part of the population in Canada, which in many respects resembles Paris. The ...