Hello, 

I went back to Montreal on June 16th, after three years without flying because of the covid19. 
Actually, the weather was very bad and my flight to Montreal has been cancelled. The pilots decided to land in Quebec city. I was a bit disappointed, because I paid for a flight Paris-Montreal and not Paris-Quebec city. Due to the storm, the Montreal airport was closed, and the chaos started. We had to stay in a hotel and waiting for a next flight. However, the next flight was planned on June 17th, at the end of day.

I could't wait more, and lose another day here, and it's completely stupid (and not sustainable) to take another flight for 30 minutes. Thank you Air France for your sustainable actions, but it's not a good one. I preferred to visit the city and my family living there, then I took a bus to Montreal for 2 hours.

When I was arrived in Montreal, there was a heavy rain. Then I realized that I had taken only outfits for summer. During the week, I had like 3 sunny days, and almost rain and heavy wind. 

To be honest, Montreal is not my favourite city in Canada. I don't understand why people in Quebec want to promote french as a language, but most of people are only speaking english. Wherever you go in that city, there are almost english speakers only.

If you use to live in a certain way, when you're a French living in Paris, it's quite difficult to adapt to Montrealer's daily life. The public transportation include like three lines for the subway, and many lines for the bus. If you want to discover the city, favour the bus. However, the bus can be late, especially during the construction season (summer season, obviously). 

Let's talk about food and fruits and vegetables. Don't buy your fruits and vegetables at the supermarket like METRO. PLEASE. It looks like plastic stuff. I prefer to buy my food to Supermarche PA Nature or to the market (such as Marché Jean Talon or Marché Côtes des Neiges). It depends on where you live. For the bread and pastries, I prefer to go to the French bakeries where you can find multigrains breads. 

And what about the daily life ? There are not a lot of choices when it comes to visit the city. The city is quite small, with different districts. My favourite ones are : Le Plateau-Mont Royal, the Old Montreal and that's it. The restaurants and the café are almost all based over there. If you want to go shopping, you have two departments stores : La Baie d'Hudson and Ogilvy. It's more premium range. You have the Eaton Mall with a lot of affordable stores. I love going to Jean Coutu. That kind of store doesn't exist in France. It's like a mix of a pharmacy and a supermarket, and you can find cosmetics and makeup brands like Lise Watier. 

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Hello everyone, 

I went to Montreal last year, for the Christmas holidays and I was really afraid because of the lowest temperatures and bad weather. I had asked some friends about their experience in Montreal during the winter months, and one of them told me that "Last year was the worst winter ever with -30 °C" . And I was really afraid because I had no idea what can Canadian people do with these extreme temperatures. And they replied to me "Hmm, we were staying at home all the time with my cousins." 

When I arrived on Christmas day, the temperature was around - 15/ -18 °C in the afternoon, and it was a steady temperature all the week. I thought I couldn't have gone out in this kind of weather, and yet, I survived. 

I think I spent my whole time in Old Montreal, and sincerely I don't know why... because I wanted to go to Mount Royal or discover the other districts but I was already knowing the other ones, because I had been in Montreal during the summer,  three years ago. Furthermore, it was freezing cold and  I'm not sure it was a good idea to visit the city. 

We had only one sunny day and it was snowing most of all time. I was disappointed and my mom hates it so much when it's snowing. My little brother decided to hibernate and don't go out with us. 

For design and food lovers, the Old Montreal district is for you. There are many art galleries, furniture stores, fashion stores, and restaurants. 

If you love baked bagels, the best ones that I found are at St-Viateur Bagel Shop (158 St-Viateur West)  in the Mile End. This is THE bagel INSTITUTION in Montreal. 

If you love skating and more, ice skating, go to Natrel Basin, a nice spot at the heart of the old port in Montreal. It's located near the Montreal Observation Wheel and the Terrasses Bonsecours. 

Finally, I also went to the Montreal Eaton Centre, especially for my favorite bookstore in the city: Chapter's Indigo. I bought a lot of stationery there because I can't find those things in Paris.