Quebec, like Bavarian Germany with its braids, dirndls, and clogs, is known for its love of beer and its almost athletic consumption of it.Microbreweries andbeer festivals are part of an agricultural and...
Thanksgiving, the Canadian version of Thanksgiving, is quite different from the American celebration, which is based on a supposed feast shared between settlers and Indigenous peoples. In Quebec (and...
Between Montreal and Quebec City, along the beautiful route the VIARAIL train takes through the fields, you can stop in the small town of Saint-Hyacinthe. The town, on the banks of the Yamaska River, has...
To get far, far, far away this fall, you don’t need to go all the way to Europe. The evening breeze is cool, the fall equinox is just around the corner, and we’re craving melted cheese, long walks with fa...
In the ancient calendars (Mesopotamian, Celtic, Mayan) of the Northern Hemisphere, the year is always divided into two parts. The year is divided between the season of light and the season of shadow. This...
Quebec is a region that’s larger than you might think, and to see as much of it as possible, you can always visit by train—with a glass of wine in hand, a hat, and a romantic air. The colors, the river...
October is going to be mild, sunny, and just spooky enough. There’ll be design, movies, plenty of nostalgia, pumpkin-flavored coffee, exhibitions, and we’ll have fun scaring each other among the falle...
Ah, summer! It’s gentle, a little stifling, and it smells like lake water, pine needles, and scorching asphalt. And when it’s over, the return to real life and the cool autumn nights can be quite a shock....
The nights are cool, alas! And soon we’ll take our last swim of the year in the lake. Fall is coming fast, and with the season come the darkest days of the year, the “spooky” season, the first snow, and t...
This fall, let’s make the most of the season’s inherent romance by taking a stroll through a village painted in shades of yellow and red, listening to the frogs croak to find out how things will turn out...