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I'm going to Canada. What do I need to know? |
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Posts: 1678 (05/26/09 01:52 PM) Registered User |
This is my first time out of the U.S.
Staying in Montreal - Laval actually. I won't have very much free time, so what do I need to know? |
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viva la blonde |
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Posts: 1711 (05/26/09 01:53 PM) |
a club is not an accessory; it's a necessity
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Posts: 944 (05/26/09 01:54 PM) |
Nothing.
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Posts: 2073 (05/26/09 01:54 PM) Registered user |
Do not wear high heels whilst exploring the old part of the city.
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Posts: 10240 (05/26/09 01:54 PM) BB Forum Moderator |
You need to know that you shouldn't bother going. =/
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Posts: 8526 (05/26/09 01:56 PM) Registered user |
what SOA said. i used to go there for business.
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Posts: 945 (05/26/09 01:58 PM) |
First time out of country??? What are you, 5? By the time i was ten i had been to the USSR, France, Germany and Botswana.
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Posts: 23 (05/26/09 02:03 PM) |
Eagles H Frodo Mt Doom wrote:Botswana.......random, but cool not everyone can afford to leave the country...or maybe they just never wanted to |
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Posts: 27364 (05/26/09 02:08 PM) MESS member |
you do have a passport, right?
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stark52 |
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Posts: 1679 (05/26/09 02:16 PM) Registered User |
Club - check.
No high heels - check. Passport - check. Sad but true - Total list of states I had visited by age 25 : Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, California, New Mexico (just driving through from UT to NV though.) What about Money - Just use a credit card? Or do I need travelers checks and Canadian cash? |
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Posts: 26 (05/26/09 02:20 PM) |
I live in Montreal (downtown). Don't bring travelers cheques; they're useless. Just come here knowing that 50% of the population here speaks a
different language. Show the french no attitude, and you'll be fine. I'm 95% anglophone, and the only times I've pissed off the french people is
when I get pissy with them.
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Posts: 2242 (05/26/09 02:20 PM) |
You're gonna get raped! :O
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Posts: 5568 (05/26/09 02:22 PM) Registered User |
In the subway stations be sure to hold the banister
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Posts: 2651 (05/26/09 02:23 PM) Registered user |
Credit card works. Depending on your buying activities, it might help to stop and change a few hundred when you get there. And dont crack wise to the security
people there. They dont like that.
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stark52 |
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Posts: 1680 (05/26/09 02:24 PM) Registered User |
No subways. Rental Car.
They drive on the left side of the road - right? |
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Posts: 11857 (05/26/09 02:25 PM) Registered user |
If you use a credit card they're going to charge you a percentage for the conversion (it's not enough for us to bother with extra cash though). They
won't know what a Discover card is so make sure you have a visa or MasterCard (they may have not taken both everywhere I remember something odd about
that). You can get cash at an ATM when you get to the hotel or airport.
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Visa Declined |
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Posts: 4698 (05/26/09 02:28 PM) Registered User |
stark52 wrote: fixed. |
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SurvivorArctic |
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Posts: 17584 (05/26/09 02:28 PM) Not a team player
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Say "Sacrebleu!" A LOT.
Especially to the nuns. They love that sort of thing. Also say to any hockey fan "Je déteste le Canadiens." |
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stark52 |
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Posts: 1681 (05/26/09 02:31 PM) Registered User |
How do I spot a hockey fan?
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Posts: 28 (05/26/09 02:31 PM) |
lol... no one says that anymore. Instead, try using a variety of
(a) pute (b) salop (c) chris (d) merde (e) collis that should get some heads turning. |
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Posts: 94 (05/26/09 02:32 PM) |
I've been to Montreal only once in my life and I'll always remember a Canadian friend of mine saying "If your French isn't very good then
don't attempt to speak it because they'll just make fun of you." So I just spoke English in a quiet, not-very-loud tone, smiled a lot and acted
not like a demanding tourist but a gracious visitor and everything turned out just fine.
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