Ah, Quebec in summer! The fauna, the flora, the mosquitoes… It’s the best time of year to play outside, go hiking, roll around in the grass,wash your hands in the morning dew. We stroll in the shade of the t...
We were out and about in Tadoussac, on the North Shore, this weekend, and stopped by GREMM’s Centre d’Interprétation des Mammifères Marins . We were able to learn about whales and other animals that swim in...
That’s it, the summer solstice is over, and we’re entering the mildest days of the year, smelling of wet earth, bbqs, lake water and warm spruce. And summer’s holy grail, Canada’s June-July madel...
Depending on the traffic situation around Montreal (getting on the island, getting off the island, circling the island), you can get just far enough away to find yourself in total, untouched nature with a 1-hour drive &...
In summer, the asphalt boils off the soles of our gougounes and Samba shoes (horror!) in Montreal, and in some streets you feel as if you’re underwater, so much so that the humidex is in the carpet… It’...
When you’re in Montreal, with your feet planted on the asphalt and between two café-gallery-partys, you can forget that you’re in Canada – and that you’re on the (wild) coast of a vast boreal for...
It’s crazy the dichotomy of Montreal (and Montrealers), because in winter we spend as little time as possible on the city’s gridded streets – because of the wind, the snow, the ice, plus we’re co...
You wouldn’t think Montreal was one of the most important places for the migration of the sexiest butterflies – the most photogenic, the most nostalgic and the most jet-setting. But it’s true, and we o...
There are many seasons in Quebec-not just summer, fall and winter-that are dictated by one of our passions: terroir. There’s Sugar Bush, Snow Crab, Tulips, Petits Fruits, Apples… In Montreal, we can follow t...
In Quebec, many of the region’s iconic places and institutions are named after Samuel de Champlain – the self-proclaimed founder of New France. That’s why we have the Champlain Bridge in Montreal, the...
