Citoyenne Brett ([info]antagony) wrote,
@ 2007-08-24 00:47:00
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Current location:my creepy (but clean!) apartment
Current mood: optimistic

I seem to have survived the two weeks from hell, and my work schedule looks like it's going to be a bit more manageable from now on. Still haven't gotten into any of the classes I actually want to take, but whatever. That history stuff is for lamers anyway, right? It's not like it's the only thing that justifies my pathetic useless life or anything.

But that's not the point. The point is, I have four days off starting Sunday and in order to preserve what's left of my sanity I've decided to spend those days in Montreal. I've saved enough money living off pasta and stale muffins that I can even afford to go there! The trouble is, I don't actually know anything about the city.

So, people who know Montreal better than I do (basically, everyone), how should I spend my long weekend? Please to be suggesting things that require little or no money, since the U of T keeps asking me for tuition and I think I may eventually have to give it to them. I plan to spend most of my time drinking coffee and reading books and avoiding eye contact with people anyway, but it would be nice to do a few moderately touristy and/or scenesterish things as well.

So. Yes. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I really have no idea what I'm going to do.



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[info]jes_sic_a
2007-08-24 04:27 pm UTC (link)
well, at least that email i sent was on topic. um, so see the fish thing, there is other stuff there besides that, and i would also recommend wandering up the mountain. i consider this area to be my favourite escaping people type of place in montreal (and not just because i have some type of fixation on l'universite de montreal for unknown reasons).

so depending on which way you approach i suppose the closest metro stations for that would be edouard montpetit/universite de montreal(blue line)... to get to the outremont summit. the part on the other side, parc du mont-royal has a lot more people so personally i don't like that but i suppose if you want to see the main thing you should wander the more populated side.

map: http://www.lemontroyal.qc.ca/pdf/carte-f.pdf


if you find yourself in need of real food at some point, i recommend:

-pushap, indian restaurant, i think their food is about 5$ (and they generally offer seconds for 1$). it's around namur metro station (5195 rue Pare).

-the montreal hare krishna place, govinda jaya jaya, with the very typical hare krishna all you can eat vegetarian buffet which is 8$ lunch, 10$ dinner? (i know the lunch price is correct) (263 Duluth E, so sherbrooke or mont-royal metro, very walkable from the bus terminal at berri-uqam).

-le commensal is much better in montreal than toronto. it's a pay by the weight of your plate type of vegetarian buffet so it can be as expensive or inexpensive as you want depending on what you eat. they have 3 locations but i think i've only been to the one at cote des neiges (5199 Côte des Neiges, near chemin queen mary) and the one near mcgill, just off of st catherine ouest (1204 avenue McGill College). the other one is on st-denis somewhere.

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[info]jes_sic_a
2007-08-24 04:29 pm UTC (link)
also, i have some leftover stm tickets and i don't know if they are still valid but you can have them if you want.

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