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Quebec - recommendations?

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  • 18-09-2013 1:38pm
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    old hippy
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    Apologies if this crops up often - where would you recommend? What time of year?

    Cheers!


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    Spring or autumn, it absolutely sucks coming back in the middle of a good Canadian summer, and winter's a bit harsh for moving.

    Guess the main options are Montreal and Quebec.

    Montreal is cool, has a nice relaxed vibe, but still plenty going on work-wise. They've festivals there too like the Just for Laughs, and some jazz and fireworks. 50/50 French and English, best of both worlds if you ask me. Nice metro, library universities. Multi-culti, hot summers, cold winters. Moderate bed-bug problem like a lot of north-american cities.

    Quebec is a good bit colder than Montreal, a bit smaller and more European style, one of the oldest cities on that side of the pond. Much more French oriented, wouldn't go without having a good grasp of it. The river freezes over there, it's pretty spectacular. They also have an ice hotel in winter worth a visit.

    Guess there'd be work in Gatineau/Ottawa too, never been but it strikes me as being more Ontario-like


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    old hippy
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    Against wrote: »
    Spring or autumn, it absolutely sucks coming back in the middle of a good Canadian summer, and winter's a bit harsh for moving.

    Guess the main options are Montreal and Quebec.

    Montreal is cool, has a nice relaxed vibe, but still plenty going on work-wise. They've festivals there too like the Just for Laughs, and some jazz and fireworks. 50/50 French and English, best of both worlds if you ask me. Nice metro, library universities. Multi-culti, hot summers, cold winters. Moderate bed-bug problem like a lot of north-american cities.

    Quebec is a good bit colder than Montreal, a bit smaller and more European style, one of the oldest cities on that side of the pond. Much more French oriented, wouldn't go without having a good grasp of it. The river freezes over there, it's pretty spectacular. They also have an ice hotel in winter worth a visit.

    Guess there'd be work in Gatineau/Ottawa too, never been but it strikes me as being more Ontario-like

    Thanks for that mon ami, it's r&r I'm going for and I can get by in French, so I think I like the sound of Quebec :)


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