In 2008, after visiting Stockholm, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Bremen with friend, and Oslo all alone, I decided to cross the Atlantic ocean and discover the french part of Canada: Québec! Once I was there, after visiting Montreal, Québec city and Ottawa, I took a long night bus to New York with my friend Sam.
Montréal:
Sadly I didn’t took a lot of pictures of my trip, but I will always remember the hostel where I was staying, nearby the old port. Saint-Denis street, the financial quarter, Notre Dame basilic, the Mount Royal, the Olympic stadium, the Biodome, and the famous bar “Les Foufounes électriques”.
![Quebec](https://i0.wp.com/lookbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1930001_13132488443_7449_n.jpg)
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Québec city
Second city of my trip, Québec city looks like a big village in France. The Petit Champlain area, the cathedral, the castle of Frontenac… all the Citadelle was very charming!
![Quebec](https://i2.wp.com/lookbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1930001_13135378443_8324_n.jpg)
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Ottawa
The capital of Canada seemed much colder to me than Montreal and Quebec. Administrative buildings, huge Saint-Laurent river, closer than an US city.
![Toronto](https://i1.wp.com/lookbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1930001_13135408443_1006_n.jpg)
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New York
New York was a dream. We only past 4 days there, running all day long and staying in a dirty old hotel nearby Central Park. I was amazed by the gigantism of this big Apple but felt like I already knew the place (thanks to the cinema). I remember being surprised by the Brooklyn bridge, Staten island and Statue of Liberty (smaller than I thought), the MoMa (best museum of modern art ever visited), Chinatown, the Grand Central Terminal, the Empire State Building, Times Square…
![New york brooklyn bridge](https://i2.wp.com/lookbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/1930001_13132623443_2327_n.jpg)
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