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Vieux- Montreal…a city that stole my heart in a mere 24 hours. It is a city that feels more like a part of France, than a city in North America. Montreal is located in Quebec, Canada’s culturally French province. The people of Montreal were incredibly warm, friendly and helpful. It was the perfect romantic getaway that we will remember for a lifetime.
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215Toronto is the capital of Ontario, Canada. It is a large metropolitan city. If one doesn’t have a good guide or group of locals to help point you in the direction of fun and entertainment, I for one would have been a bit lost. Toronto is not a city easily navigated by car or foot as it seems. We had 3 maps which needed constant cross-referencing to figure out where we were most of the time. And you should always add some time to your assumed journey times as locations that are even right next door to each other take twists and turns to get to.

203Our trip to Toronto was mainly a business trip with an added side of fun in between. We went for “Fan Expo Canada”, the yearly Canadian science fiction, fantasy, horror, comic convention. My partner, Roberto, is an artist who does a lot of coloring for comic, sci-fi and fantasy magazines. So we were invited to the convention by his agent and his operation, Udon. Udon is an affiliation of various artists that work on a variety of products for the industry. Roberto’s colleagues were wonderful people, mostly living in Toronto, who were a great help to us during our stay. Without them, we would have been truly lost. Read the rest of this entry »