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Thanks again for @someone for giving me another opportunity to guide you to Montreal, Quebec in Canada.

首先感谢@someone 再次给我机会，让我带你们到加拿大魁北克的蒙特利尔走一趟。

First of all, may I ask for your blessing to us. My husband and I have been married for a year. This is our first anniversary. During the past year, we experienced a lot, we went through a lot challenges, changes and hardships in life. Maybe more than a lot people can think of. Even though we haven’t been together as long as a lot other couples, we really enjoy company of each other and love each other. To celebrate our anniversary, we decided to go to Montreal by car. It took us around 5 hours to get to Montreal.

首先请祝福我们吧。这是我和老公结婚1 周年庆。 在这一年中，我们一起经历了很多，一起携手度过种种挑战和难关。虽然时间不长，但都异常珍惜对方。为了庆祝我们的周年庆，我们决定从波士顿开车去蒙特利尔。整个车程要5 个月小时。

From Boston to Montreal, we drove through New Hampshire and Vermont, mainly on highway 95, 3 and 89. There are tons of trees and mountains along the way. It’s early fall, some of the trees have changed color, but mostly not. If we came two weeks later, I believe it will be a better timing for foliage. I believe we would want to go back to Vermont or New Hampshire for the peak.

开车的路线主要要经过新罕布什尔州，蒙特利州。一路在95， 3， 89 公路上疾驰着。两边主要是树和山。正值入秋。有些树的颜色已经有些颜色。如果再晚两周的话，那应该正是看叶子的好时机。过段时间，我们一定会再回到这两个周去看枫叶的。

When we left home, the cloud was very low, weather was a little bit chilly but comfortable. Without the sun, different layers of low could look pretty cool too.

刚出发的时候，整个云层非常低，天气比较阴凉。没太阳的云也另有一方韵味。

When we were entered into New Hampshire, weather became nicer. The sun came out, we started to see blue sky. Very beautiful. It was a perfect day for outdoor activity.

大概快进入新罕布什尔州的时候，天开始放晴了。远处看到蓝色的云彩。 慢慢地天空转为整片蓝海，刹是好看。天公做美，真是外出旅游的好天气。

My husband was so focused on driving. He loves driving. I am on the contrary, am happy to be his assistant, passing him water, peeling oranges, etc. Without driving by myself, I could have more time to really enjoy the sceneries on both sides, taking a lot photos and do selfie with my hubby.

这是全神贯注开车的老公。他喜欢开车，我也高兴做个付手，随时递水，剥剥桔子什么的。 同时有时间更好地欣赏路两边的风景和拍照片。 偶尔来个自拍留个念。

When we entered Vermont, other than mountains and trees, there are few areas which are pretty flat, look very nice, so I also took some of the photos too.

进入蒙特利州，除了山外，路过一些比较平坦的地方，风景很不错，就随手拍了下来做个留念。

After around 4 hours of driving, finally we got to the border. Highgate Springs is the last exit before the border in US side.

开了4 个小时后，终于要到加拿大边境了。这是蒙特利州离边境最后一个高速出口。

Finally here’s the border. Not sure if it was because it was Friday and people were still working, there were not many cars at the border waiting for inspection.

终于到了边境。不知道是不是因为是周五，大家还在上班，过边境的车不是很多。

French is main language in Quebec, we started to see French signs. This was taken at the border while we were waiting for inspection.

魁北克以法语为主，所以到边境就看到法语的标识了。

Passing immigration was easy. No need to fill in any form. The officer, wearing bulletproof vase sitting in the booth. Each car needs to wait at the line before the light turns green. You need to stop at the booth, and hand in your passport. The officer asked few casual questions like “why are you going to Canada?”, ”how long do you plan to stay?”, “where are you going to stay?” “Do you carry any arms and weapons in the car”? I really doubt that there will be anyone answer “yes” to the last question. They don’t even check the car. I guess they did random check. We are nice people, so they let us go through very quickly.

过关异常的容易。边检海关身穿防弹背心，坐在小亭子里。当信号灯变绿，等候的车就开过去到边检亭停下。递上护照。边检官就随时翻了下，问了几个简单的问题，如去做什么，住哪里？去几天，车上有没有带武器什么的。拜托，如果真的有人带武器也不会自告奋勇地通知他们呀。车子也没有查。全是靠自觉。我们可是良民。所以轻松就过关。

Not too far away from the border, we saw the welcome board by Quebec in French- Bon Jour.

开出边境没多久就看到了魁北克欢迎的广告牌了。Bon Jour.

There is still around one hour from border to Montreal. Canada is the 2nd largest country in the world. The land is large. We saw endless lands for corns and other agricultures.

边境和蒙特利尔还有大概一小时的车程。加拿大不愧是地大。到处都是一眼平川。而且农业特别发达。特别是玉米。到处都是望不到边的玉米地和其他一些农作物。

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Finally we saw downtown Montreal over the water. Here are some photos taken before we got to downtown.

终于看到河对面的蒙特利尔了。 进城之前在车上的随拍。

The hotel we stay is in downtown Montreal. Right cross the street from Cathedrale Marle-Reine du Monde. Very convenient to go to restaurant and everywhere. Overall the hotel is pretty nice. We didn’t stop by any restaurant on our way over, we only had some snacks in the car. We were really hungry when we got to the hotel. So the first thing we wanted to do is to find a good restaurant so we can enjoy nice food here. Food exploration is one of the must do list when you come to Montreal. Right after checking in, we checked with Concierge for recommendations of local restaurant. He highly recommended a French restaurant near the hotel. We walked toward it right away as soon as we got the direction.

我们订的酒店就在市中心。在Cathedrale Marle-Reine Du Monde 的对面。非常方便。酒店的整体环境也不错。 除了在车上吃些点心外，我们路上赶时间没有停下来吃饭，都有点饿了。所以一入住，第一件事就是打听哪里的餐厅好吃。酒店服务生给我们介绍了一家法国餐厅。在稍作休息后，我们立马出发。

The restaurant is about 5mins walk from the hotel. It’s on the diagonal cross Square Conchester. A liberty monument square. The restaurant is called Dominion. We saw that many restaurants here like to set up a temporary outdoor padio so people can sit and eat outdoor. It’s very nice weather, most people chose to sit outside. Even though it’s by the main road, still feel very comforting with cool breeze.

餐厅就在离酒店步行5 分钟的路程。去的时候要穿过一个小公园（Square Donchester）.餐厅的名字叫 Dominion. 这里可以看到很多餐厅都把位子扩到路边。加上简易的顶棚就可以营业了。 因为气候好，所以大家都喜欢坐在外面。虽然就在马路边，但吹着宜人的风，也格外浪漫。

We started with beer and lemonade. It’s quite different that they put a spoon in the lemonade. In US, they usually give you a straw. I was a little bit strange by it. I guess this is some culture difference too? The food was served very slow, not sure if this is another culture difference. Since it was early for dinner, there was not a lot people. But I used to hear that French food always requests longer time. While we were waiting for our food, we heard our neighbors talking in French. French to me sounds very elegant. I like their accent even though I can’t understand a single word. But one idea glimpsed, hmmm, maybe I should start to learn French. Just kidding, there are too many other priorities in life. Learning a new language sounds cool but not practical now.

我们先点了啤酒和柠檬汁。这里给柠檬汁的时候是放把汤勺在里面。在美国，都是吸管，所以刚开始还觉得有点奇怪和不习惯。 法国餐厅上菜的速度就是慢。听着隔壁桌讲着流利的法语，一句都听不懂，但法语的口语确实听上去好听。差点有了想学法语的冲动了。

When I was a little bit impatient waiting for our food, my husband told me that French food always requests longer time to cook so all the flavor goes into the food and makes it perfect. Sounds like nothing I’ve known. Hopefully it’s good and worth waiting. Finally, the food was served. I can’t say it’s perfect, but overall not too bad. I ordered steamed mussels with hams. The flavor was just about right. Esp the soup. Not very salty that I drank it all. Strangely they don’t serve you bread with steam mussels like in US. The fries were good too with their home-made source. I was always not a fan of special source, I usually would prefer traditional catch up. But theirs was good. Maybe I was too hungry, I finished them all. By the way, dining in Montreal also needs to tip. I was not sure about it, had thought maybe they don’t have this custom here. But I was wrong, it’s same as US, around 15-20%, you can go up and below based on the service you get.

在等主食的时候，老公说法菜就是要慢慢煮，细细炖，这样才可以入味。希望真的如此。终于菜端上来了。整体味道确实不错。我点的青口里加火腿，不腻也不咸，最后连汤汁都可以全部喝掉。还是值得等待的。炸薯条也不错，配上他们自制的番茄酱，加上确实肚子饿，吃了个干净。顺便说下，在蒙特利尔吃东西也是一样要给小费的。还以为在加拿大可以省了呢。 服务生在我们付账的时候特地提醒说不含消费的。 同样是15-20% 的比例。

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After early dinner, it was still early. We decided to tour around part of the downtown. We didn’t plan to buy anything from here, it was more window shopping. The shops here are very similar in US, there are a lot American brands too. Nothing was real special for us. Before I came here, I told my colleague that we wanted to come here. One colleague told me that when she was a kid, she used to come here with her parents. She was very impressed by the underground market(mall), and she highly recommended me to check it out. To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure what underground mall she was talking about. It happened that it’s very near to where we dined. Therefore, we went there to check it out. I was a little bit disappointed. It’s no difference from all the underground market we saw in Hong Kong and China. Nothing is real special. But at least I know understand what she was talking about. For a shopper, maybe it’s a very cool place to go, but for us, no.

酒足饭饱后，终于有力气可以四处逛逛了。我们没有要在这里购物的打算。所以一般商店都是走马观花。 今天就打算在市区这片区域走走看看。 其实这里商店和很美国很类似，所以也没觉得有什么特别的。 倒是在来之前，有同事告诉我说，她以前来的时候去了他们的地下商城，觉得非常兴奋。特别推荐我一定去看看。 我们也依建议找到了那里。地方确实是大，到处连着。可是其实和香港，上海的地下商场是一个道理。所以也不觉得有什么新鲜的。只是到此一游罢了。

Few impressions of the downtown from short couple hours walk-

市区让我印象深刻的地方是：

> Churches-

教堂-

There are a lot huge and magnificent churches. Like Casillique Notre-Dame, Cathedrale Marle-Reine du Monde, Promendades Cathedrale, Cathedrale Christ Church, St. George’s Church. The most famous one is Casillique Notre-Dame. It’s the 2nd largest church in North America. But as it’s in old town, we had to wait for next day.

很多非常壮观的大教堂。 非常气派。 比如Casillique Notre-Dame, Cathedrale Marle-Reine du Monde， Promendades Cathedrale, Cathedrale Christ Church, St. George’s Church. Casillique Notre-Dame 是最出名的，是北美这里第二大的教堂。但因为它地处旧城区，所以要等到明天才可以参观。

> Decorations & key offerings at the malls-

大商场-

There are a lot big department store and malls in Montreal. Each mall has their own character, like indoor ice skating ground, indoor music spring etc. Even if we have no plan to shop, still good to see all the variances.

很多大商城里都有各自的看点， 要不就是在装饰上，要不就是有室内溜冰场， 还有的是室内喷泉。 非常好看。 哪怕不去商场买东西，进去看看这些也值得了。

> Relax & Casual life-

休息的生活-

Right in front of a mall, they put up some hammocks for pedestrians to rest. You can use curtain to separate the room for privacy. This is a very cool idea.

在一家商场门口还挂起了吊床，让行人在里面休息。而且都是隔成小间，所以也有一定的有隐私呢。

Lifestyle seems to be pretty relax. After work, people will sit on the steps of the square, talk and play. I bet this is part of European culture, people smokes here a lot. There are people smoking everywhere, and there are also a lot cigarette ends on the floor. I bet a lot smokers would be very happy to hear this.

大家都很休闲，下班了，很多人做在广场台阶上休息，玩耍。不过这里因为是法国人的文化，路上/边抽烟是非常流行的。烟头也是到处丢。这点国内烟客来的话，会比较开心。

> Sports-

体育-

Friends who love hockey and are interested to know history of Montreal hockey game and their great players in the history, you may go to the monument building to take a look.

喜欢曲坤球的朋友可以去他们的加拿大蒙特利尔队的纪念像前去看看，了解那些选手的辉煌历史，和他们蒙特利尔队的曲棍球发展史。

This is pretty much it for the fist date at Montreal today. Tomorrow we will go to old town, will share you more later. Hopefully you like it, thanks for your time.

这是我们在蒙特利尔第一天的行程。明天我们打算去旧城区去走走。到时候再和您分享。希望您喜欢。

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