NYE2015

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2014 is over… I guess it was probably the most exciting year of my life, being on the road for mostly all of it and only 3 days at home. How to celebrate that…? We just went to the beach! It was immensely hot, 35 degrees, we were sleepy from a long night out with […] Read More

Fabulous Josée

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I finally got to hang out with Josée, the girl who rented me her apartment and got me in touch with her friends Brandon and Joël, who then took care of me and made me meet their friends, like Greg and Jérôme… But Saturday we were supposed to go out dancing with Josée, who was […] Read More

Fireworks over Saint-Laurent

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Another event, twice a week, over the Saint-Laurent river: The Montreal fireworks competition, L’International des Feux Loto-Québec. I finally made it to the river and watched it from the Village Éphémère again. Until the start of August, six teams from around the world compete for the Jupiter trophy with a 30-minute show. Founded in 1985, the Montreal Fireworks […] Read More

Montreal overload

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I am so tired. I fell like I haven’t even unpacked fully yet and I am in the middle of party central. The past days have been intense… I met up with Joel and Brandon again on Friday night, and we went to the so-called Village éphémère, on the St. Laurent River front. It is […] Read More

‘Straya Day

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Happy ‘Straya Day! Australia Day is celebrated on 26 January, commemorating the day in 1788 when, after arriving a few days earlier in Botany Bay with a number of convicts, Arthur Philip proclaimed British sovereignty over the coast of south-eastern Australia, formerly known as New Holland.   226 years later and a few hundred kilometers […] Read More

NYE party

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We had tickets for the best spot in town, a NYE party held on top of the Museum for Contemporary Arts, with a view over the harbor, the opera house and the bridge. It simply could not get any better than this. Watching the news and the crowds that had already gathered around the harbor, […] Read More