Hints and Tips on moving to and life in Montréal
Posted in News on Dec 9th, 2009
Montréal was shook today by its first snow-storm. Well, shook is as much an exaggeration as the word storm. Canadians refer to a large deposit of snow as a storm. Storm in many peoples’ eyes gives the image of violence and extreme weather. Yet a standard Canadian snow storm is neither extreme nor violent. It’s [...]
Posted in hints and tips on Nov 21st, 2008
Winter is definitely on its way to Montréal. I popped out of the car this afternoon to fill it up with petrol in just a tee-shirt and jumper and my gosh, at the end I jumped back in the car again – it was so cold!! Actually it was around -5 degrees celsius which is [...]
Posted in News on Oct 3rd, 2008
Yesterday, the 2nd October was the first day we really felt a wintery chill. The sky was overcast and there was a slight breeze (quite unusal actually for Montréal). What really struck us was the feeling of ice on the wind. No doubt, winter is on its way.