Thursday, March 08, 2007

Things I love about Montreal

in no particular order:

  • Montrealers/les montréalais

  • a great, affordable daycare

  • the fact that there are three used book stores within a fifteen minute walk from my house

  • there are two mommy-n-me cafés within the same radius

  • the multicultural aspect

  • driving for 10 minutes from downtown and still being in downtown

  • an awesome public transit system

  • recognizing no one, anywhere

  • relatively frequent family meals with Ken, Sandie, Gramma, Grampa, Mike, Robin, Jeff, Steve (and Chris, when he's there)

  • cheap rent

  • having friends visit for a weekend; it's a totally different dynamic than coffee

  • innumerable fantastic restaurants

  • the fact that (almost) everyone has a fashion sense

  • Akhavan Food Market

  • the Korean/Japanese food store

  • the natural products store

  • the Iraqi grocer

  • having an awesome sitter who lives next door

  • knowing there's great music out there to listen to (hey, with two kids, who has the time or the money?)

  • the urban feel

  • being surrounded by people who speak French

  • the sheer amount of snow (do we get more here, or is the city just not very efficient at removing it?)

  • how friendly people are

  • NDG park, even though you can hear the traffic on Sherbrooke

  • the architecture

  • the Biodome, Botanical Gardens, Insectarium

  • the recycling program

  • the cool factor
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    2 comments:

    Melanie said...

    Ohhhh...in one fell swoop (well, two posts I guess, but I read them both in the same sitting) you have managed to make me homesick for both Ottawa AND Montreal! Sigh.

    I hardly ever hear French spoken here (let alone get to speak it myself, although that would probably be a disaster given how rusty I am...), unless I turn on Radio-Canada. The other day I walked by two guys on the street who were arguing enthusiastically about something in very broad Quebecois, and I wanted to stop and listen just because it sounded like home. :)

    Sunday, March 11, 2007
    Neale Adams said...

    My it's great to come across a blog with such a sunny outlook on life! Thanks!
    Neale (Naomi's dad)
    And I have to get back to Montreal one of these days soon...

    Thursday, March 22, 2007

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