This was my first visit to French Canada, and the second visit to the country itself. We grouped with Danya’s parents just as the last time — and this made the trip even more interesting. Danya’s dad used to work as a tour guide, so he knows a lot about the history of Canada as well as tourist attraction spots.

We left Brooklyn at around 14:30 on Thursday, picked up Danya’s mom from work, and headed towards Montréal. The traffic was brutal, just as expected, so it took us 3-4 hours to drive through Manhattan.

On our way we stopped two times for sightseeing — in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, and in Montpelier, the capital of Vermont. Harford’s capitol building is just gorgeous. It’s made of marble and granite, and has some noticeable features of Gothic design. I must say that it’s one of the most impressive Read more…

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ufly says:
July 10, 2008 @ 13:39

Very nice views and pictures! I liked the church interior and St. Helen Island most.

Did you actually leave Brooklyn on Wednesday? I thought it was Thursday.

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Alena says:
July 10, 2008 @ 13:55

Oy… Thursday of course. Thank you for pointing that out!

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Lenchik says:
July 11, 2008 @ 00:43

waaaaaaaaaah. nice trip.
sorry i didn’t get with you before you left, kept falling asleep in different place after my little ride. sides it would suck to delay your awesome trip.
i never remembered french canada being so beautiful eh?!
yea i’ll be back after graduation hopefully for around a week or two.

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We just booked another trip. This time we’re going to Canada¹ for July 4th weekend. We plan to spend 4 nights there.

The plan is very simple. We take off on July 3rd, as early as possible and head straight to Montreal through Vermont. Even though it will be late we want to stop in Montpelier and check out the capital building. We expect to arrive to Montreal somewhere in the middle of the night. We’re going to spend 3 nights there². Read more…

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Lenchik says:
June 22, 2008 @ 19:16

awesome.
so i’ll wake you up on the third as soon as i roll in.

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Daniel says:
June 22, 2008 @ 23:25

When do you get in, approximately?

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Lenchik says:
June 23, 2008 @ 20:31

hopefully no later then 0600

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