Because travel is better with two - By writer/editor/photographer Melanie Wynne
I recently rolled into Montreal for the first time, smack amidst a huge and blinding snowstorm. (Or, as this eastern Canadian city might simply call it: “Winter.”)
I’d booked a room at the InterContinental Montreal, and fully intended to put my suitcase down, splash a little water on my face, and head out to explore.
What I did instead was to indulge in a beautiful, relaxing and cozy stay, while outside, the city was steadily buried in a blanket of white.
Bonhomme, the official ambassador of Quebec Winter Carnival
This morning finds me half-awake in the Toronto Airport on a 4-hour layover, cozy and increasingly caffeinated in Air Canada’s Maple Leaf Lounge.
Thanks to my Star Alliance miles, I’m flying coach; thanks to a generous fellow travel blogger, though, I’m hooked up for first-class lounge access on my journey to Québec City.
Later today, I’ll meet up with yet another fellow travel blogger to revel in the Winter Carnival, go snowshoeing on the Fields of Abraham, check out North America’s only ice hotel, and even drive to Montreal for a one-night stay.
I’m looking forward to some (temporary) freezing fun and trying Québecois specialties like the Caribou, a four-spirit cocktail guaranteed to make you not mind that it’s, well…zero degrees Fahrenheit.
Avenue McGill College, Montreal (Dominic Simpson)
A few weeks ago, our local friends Nat and Mike spent three days in Montreal, Quebec. Theirs was a romantic weekend getaway, like a short trip to Europe…with only half the jet lag.
