The Montreal Experience
Hello to all, my first post of the new year and from the out look of things it will probably be a long one. As mentioned previously I spent New Years in Montreal which was a bit crazy, but I was left with some mixed feelings about the city. Nightlife-wise Montreal was awesome, being 
18 it was nice to be able to get into all the clubs, bars, and lounges and have a few drinks. However that is pretty much where the bonuses of Montreal seem to end.The city it self isn't particularly beautiful (note that I didn't visit old Montreal) it seems empty and devoid of life. In Toronto even on the worst days weather-wise the city is bustling with life as a city should be. Montreal on the other hand seems like a ghost town. It's not that there is a little people out and about, they just appear to be unhappy and unwelcoming. Most big cities I'm used too (Toronto, New York, Baltimore, Chicago) what you see is an endless sea of skyscrapers. Some hate this, but I enjoy it very much, it all seems very poetic. One of the first things I noticed in Montreal was how
you can see its end in any direction from anywhere you're standing. There are also large empty concrete spaces between buildings, no parks just large voids of concrete. I had a great time in Montreal but thinking it over there is really no reason for me to visit it again after I turn nineteen, except maybe to check out old Montreal. On a side note there is a lot of nice architecture in the areas surrounding the actuall center, the suburbs if you can call them that have a very European feel to them whatever that is.
More photos on Flickr.
2 comments:
hahahahahah I loved that description of Montreal, it was very eloquently put together and "in your face". nice pics too, the van one is my favourite from your whole set
its not usually this deserted, for one, it was a "holiday" in the winter time..(and by holiday, i mean city-wide closure of pretty much every retail store)
and to add, perhaps the reason everyone seemed so miserable is the face that all the stores were covered in "CLEARENCE" posters and yet no one was able to buy a damn thing.. we will def be coming back in the summer, montreal is a whole other story in the hot season, + we need to visit La Ronde!:D (Six Flags)
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