Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phong, I am sure that you will enjoy your stay in Montreal. This weekend is St.Jean Baptiste - the official kick off to summer in Montreal. The quebecois celebration is quickly followed by the jazz fest and the short but sweet summer just takes off after that. Some photo opportunities in and around Montreal: The view of the city from les iles notre-dame, ile st. helene, especially pont de la concorde. Old Montreal (any time of year, any time of day) right now full of tourists, roller bladers, and gawkers. St.Laurent / St.Denis for the city scene. This is about as close as Montreal gets to Soho, Grenwhich village. Just starts to wake up around 11 p.m. The Jazz fest & multitude of other outdoor festivals. Bongo/tam tams every sunday at the statue on the east end of Mt.Royal (then head over to Cafe Santrepol for some tasty (and others not so tasty) sandwhiches. Mount Royal is full of joggers, cyclists, sun cult members. Downtown, Westmount, the goldon square mile for people, architecture ... For sport photos you can catch an Impact soccer game and get almost right to the sidelines, watch some amateur rugby, go to the Olympic bassin to photograph rowing, the lachine canal bike path, lachine rapids (in lasalle) for incredible whitewater kayaking, .... That should get you started. I won't reveal too much because that will take some of the fun out of it. If you are around on weekends I hope that you get a chance to get to the Eastern Townships or the Laurentians to enjoy the 'mountians'. As for camera equipment, I have not had to purchase much gear here in Montreal, but have heard various stories (you make up your own opinion) about Simon down towards old Montreal and York on St.Catherine street. Some other local stores also carry new Leica, but the previous two are among the few I have seen with used gear. Bienvenue a Montreal! Derek PS. Four days off from work, a whitewater paddling trip planned to North Quebec and the M3. Sounds good to me