Part 2
Besides whale-watching we headed for Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, all the major cities. Quebec City was a lovely place, a place where I can imagine spending maaany lazy vacation days in the future! The old town of Quebec City is how Paris would be like in my imagination: there are cafes lining the narrow cobbles streets among small botiques and restaurants; people speak French, have horrible English pronunciation, and greet me with "Bonjour!"; above all, there are sooo many delicious, mouth-watering pastries and cakes displayed along the cafe windows. This place has really made me want to vacation in France! Besides gaining this desire to visit France, I bet my head I also gained lots of pounds around my tummy, arms and legs, grr!
(Below) So worth dying for!!!
Old Town of Quebec City (lots of tourists!).
I didn't particularly like Montreal, Ottawa or Toronto much. There's nothing special about those places, despite the fact that they are major cities. Quebec City was special because of their "French-wannabe" aspect, but the remaining three cities really felt quite bland. I suppose Montreal was alright, but it felt like a dirty and old place (and not old in a good way, unlike Quebec City). Ottawa was just utterly boring, and it was freaking impossible to find a shop that sells fresh fruit! I really craved for an apple, but we just couldn't find a single place selling fresh apple! There were plenty of apple beverages, apple sweets, and other stupid apple-flavoured shit, but no damn simple fresh apples, freaking ridiculous. The only reason Ottawa is the capital city of Canada is because of its location, being in between the province Ontario and Quebec, so that it would be fair (I think). In reality, Ottawa has very little things of interest, and their Parliament building is a Big-Ben-Wannabe-Replica-but-uglier construction (photo below).
Toronto- there were a hell lot of Chinese immigrants. Apparently, one in six people is a Chinese person, but it felt more like every other person was Chinese! I believe Toronto is very similar to a typical American city: there is a downtown where the financial district and some shops are located. However, most people live outside the actual city in suburbs, which makes the city centre seem kind of dead. I hate this kind of city layout, especially because there were thousands of huge chain shops, like Wal-mart, McDonald's, Starbucks, and other gigantic malls lining both sides of the highway in the suburbian areas, where most people do their shopping and seek entertainment. This means that people have to rely on their cars to get anywhere, especially since public transportation services were quite inconvenient. Urgh, I can't imagine having such a car-suburb lifestyle.
Toronto from above (I was in the CN Tower).
(Below) So worth dying for!!!
Old Town of Quebec City (lots of tourists!).
I didn't particularly like Montreal, Ottawa or Toronto much. There's nothing special about those places, despite the fact that they are major cities. Quebec City was special because of their "French-wannabe" aspect, but the remaining three cities really felt quite bland. I suppose Montreal was alright, but it felt like a dirty and old place (and not old in a good way, unlike Quebec City). Ottawa was just utterly boring, and it was freaking impossible to find a shop that sells fresh fruit! I really craved for an apple, but we just couldn't find a single place selling fresh apple! There were plenty of apple beverages, apple sweets, and other stupid apple-flavoured shit, but no damn simple fresh apples, freaking ridiculous. The only reason Ottawa is the capital city of Canada is because of its location, being in between the province Ontario and Quebec, so that it would be fair (I think). In reality, Ottawa has very little things of interest, and their Parliament building is a Big-Ben-Wannabe-Replica-but-uglier construction (photo below).
Toronto- there were a hell lot of Chinese immigrants. Apparently, one in six people is a Chinese person, but it felt more like every other person was Chinese! I believe Toronto is very similar to a typical American city: there is a downtown where the financial district and some shops are located. However, most people live outside the actual city in suburbs, which makes the city centre seem kind of dead. I hate this kind of city layout, especially because there were thousands of huge chain shops, like Wal-mart, McDonald's, Starbucks, and other gigantic malls lining both sides of the highway in the suburbian areas, where most people do their shopping and seek entertainment. This means that people have to rely on their cars to get anywhere, especially since public transportation services were quite inconvenient. Urgh, I can't imagine having such a car-suburb lifestyle.
Toronto from above (I was in the CN Tower).
Kommentarer
Postat av: wild iris
I like how you put photos in your posts, really makes it easier on the readers' imagination! And hmm, after reading about your views on Canada, I think I'll stick to my decision of studying in Europe :)
Kriti
Postat av: Yiteng
Hey Kriti! Hope you're well! Thanks for your comment!
Yeah, Canada's cool, but Europe's cooler ;) Which European country are you studying in?
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