I don't like long plane rides.
Dave. Live the life man. Go out and rip it and don't think about g'dammed lawyers, rights usage crap
etc. Travel, have fun and enjoy it. If this is your last hurrah, I'd think bigger than Quebec. Head to Europe...
go to Paris, Milan, Rome, Brugge, Netherlands, Berlin, Moscow, Warsaw.
I'm out.
Actually, the Canadian officers at the border won't let you into Canada unless you have the necessary documentation.If you [the OP or other US citizen] would like to return to the US after your walk about, bring a valid US passport with you.
If you [the OP or other US citizen] would like to return to the US after your walk about, bring a valid US passport with you.
Hmm ... the Canadians do not want us to stay there to live, but they are quite happy to stick us with Justin Beiber!
Spent a week in Quebec City in 2012. Photographed their famous viva la France annual parade (exact name escapes me) and many people on the street incidentally. No issues and no complaints. It's a tourist town especially in the uptown and downtown areas. Every second person waving a camera around. Posted a lot on FB for family and friends; no one has tracked me down to sue me yet!
Ok, thanks to all those who commented. I was considering going to Vancouver instead, but you guys talked me out of it. I also looked at Dead Link Removed and realized that I rarely even have any people in my pictures.
If anyone wants to offer any further suggestions, please feel free. The 8-day trip will be in late May and we will be walking (no car rental). We're planning to stay downtown, but haven't picked a hotel yet. I'm assuming we'll want to stay near a Metro station. The plan is to take the train to Quebec City and spend a say or two there. Not sure if reservations are required for that or if we can make that trip on the fly.
Thanks again for all the discussion and advice.
Hmm ... the Canadians do not want us to stay there to live, but they are quite happy to stick us with Justin Beiber!
And Celine Dion
and Alanis Morissette
Hmm ... the Canadians do not want us to stay there to live, but they are quite happy to stick us with Justin Beiber!
And Celine Dion
and Alanis Morissette
And Ted Cruz..
St Jean Baptiste day?
Rather "Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France". They have a small parade
I guess my next question will be whether there are areas of the two cities that are best avoided. I didn't experience that when I went to Toronto, but I've wandered into dangerous parts of town in some American cities, so I'd rather know about them in advance.
You are welcome to take pictures of normal street life.What's the point of visiting a place as a tourist when you can't take pictures of normal street life?
I’m Canadian and lived and studied in Montreal for 7+ years. While it’s not my favorite city in the country by a long shot, it is the place that I recommend that Americans visit if they could only choose one Canadian city, mostly because Quebec is so culturally different from almost any other place in North America.
I’ll offer you the one piece of generic advice that I give to anyone who asks: learn even the smallest amount of French. Please. Thank you. Good morning. How do I…? Where is the…? Take a phrase book.
Montrealer here. Do drop by, we don't bite. Lots of misinformation about what that infamous photography ruling actually is, I shoot here all the time and never had a problem. I'll take the advice someone mentioned above about learning a few words of French.
Personally I find Quebec city a bit boring, but that's maybe because I live here, it'll give you that "Paris without the jetlag" stuff Americans are crazy about. The region around Quebec city is more interesting. Montreal is also a lot of fun (obvious bias)
We are not so called "So Cal" or how California is called. We don't have places to avoid. Seriously. This is where one of major difference between two counties is.
Just be carefull and show respect to people even if they looks like no reason to respect. We don't have ghettos, but in Montreal as in any central Canadian city where are social housing and addicts, shelters. Mind your own business and act with dignity if you'll have to interact. You could walk anywhere in central Montreal. From mountain to old Port and on the bridge across. Montreal is amazing for walk.
Old Griffintown is under construction and it is interesting landscape because of this.
But. If you ever come on location by car, get everything ready before driving. If you open trunk on the parking lot or leave anything exposed in the locked car... Do not do it. Have tripod, cameras, bag on you before you arrive. Also watch for parking signs. They are not in English and some will say "parking only with permission". And here is no right turns on red light in Montreal. This is why drivers in the city are little bit crazy on pedestrians sometimes.
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