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Montreal, is it Spring or…I can see that the cold snap and snow did some damage to our little pearl in the Saint Lawrence river. Nature gives and than turns around and takes it all back.. Or almost!

How can we let this happen all the time – I’m talking about pot holes Oh My.. pot holes again…Hmmm, seem that we wrote about that once before, oh well nobody cares unless they get their tire ripped to h..l in the middle of nowhere.

Just had a little ranting there – sorry about that just had to get it out of my system.

It has been a while since I last posted and I always think that nobody read this stuff anyway so who do I write for than. I just write for the share pleasure of putting pen to paper as it is called.
I was once told that the more I write the better I will become at putting words to thought. I guess there is some truth to that. I can sit and write for a while but I have a problem when doing so. I can’t stop correcting right away when I do a typo.

I’m trying to get it under control so that I can get more flow to my writing. Oh well I guess I’ll get it one day.

I once used to talk to this guy in Ontario about things that related to the Internet. It was some really enjoyable evenings we used to have on Yahoo chat in those days. He once asked me if I would like to write on one of his blogs.. At the time I agreed and I did this for a while. I seem to remember that he sold the site to somebody. Anyhow I wondered what ever happened to this guy.. Oh well I’ll never know I guess. Life passes us by so fast, before we know it will be all over and we sit looking back wondering what could we have done different.

What else can you say than, oh my – are we getting it this year. Mother Nature is in an uproar and have dealt us one early this year. From one side we have to say it nice with a white Christmas but now it’s over and the reality is setting inn. It might be a heavy winter, as many seem to predict. The oil majors are hitting us with high price at the pump. Home heating will be hard this winter. There is very little positive from the side of the elderly. Heavy snow and slippery, hard to get around, makes for a tuff time for them. Hospitals overcrowded and long waiting in emergency rooms as this is the flu season but nothing new there, we have seen this before. The ski buffs are having a grand time and good for them. That industry needs a couple of good winters. Ski centers have been on the short end of the stick for a while now so it’s their turn this year. The time for staying inside and enjoying indoor activities is here and will stay for a while. It’s Boxing Day today, wonder what that will bring. Some people are crazy and are already in line-ups for the big sales. Those that can afford it will be getting some great deals. Many stores are expecting a higher than normal Boxing Day crowd and we will see in the end of the day if they were right or not

I guess this is the time of the year when people start staying more inside and find other activities. Hey maybe they will read this Blog –lol guess not.

Anyhow why would someone read what silly me is writing. I have a few things to say and lot’s of living experience behind me from all over the world. When you love to write you just write anything that comes to mid sometimes. Before you know it a page is written and so on. I can sit and do this for hours at the time – most of the time. That is, if my wife let’s me. I think that you have to have a hobby or interest in life or all becomes just a big days work. How is the saying, all work and no play makes for a dull life or something like that. It just so happen to be my favorite pass time hobby and interest. I just love to write. I think living in a large vibrant city like Montreal also makes for a lot of good things to write about. Just the other day while driving to work listening to the radio I was thinking that my blog about writing has to have a voice of sort. What should I concentrate on writing about? Should it be local stuff from this area or should I write about things that has happened or places that I have been or something like that. Maybe just stay general. I think that travel will definitely stay with me as a subject to write about. I also think that day-to-day living should be a part of it. Becoming a blog of interest maybe there will be some comments one day and a conversation can start.

Last night as I went for a drive around I could see that people have started to put up Christmas decoration outside their houses. It’s still a bit early in my mind, we haven’t finished that month of November yet and already people are in full swing. Don’t do like the stores around in the shopping centers, preparing for the big Christmas rush of customers that never comes. Wake up and see the Canadian dollar value! Most people will go south of the border and do their stuff and as a matter of fact it has been going on for a while already. How about that deal that was announced a while ago, buy a car in the USA and save a bundle. Don’t’ you think people will be doing the same for Christmas?

I would if I had the time and could afford to do it. One of my friends told me that the savings on buying a Subaru station wagon south of the border, including the modifications to make it road compliant in Canada was about  $18000. That is one serious amount of savings. Maybe the Canadian dealers are taking notice of this trend?

Time will show.

As many of my near friends know, traveling has been a part of my life for a number of years. Suggestions have been made that I should write about it on my blog. I will make a go of it here on this site as I did once before. A lot has happened since my first time around. Sites have been modified and some have been taken down completely.  Here on this site I will stick with the theme “Writing”. It is a passion of mine, writing that is. I love it and as I have said before, it’s a great outlet for ideas and views. Writing takes you places that you never imagined you could reach. You can travel on paper and document the whole thing in writing as you go along. It’s only limited by ones imagination.

First up on my destination is a paper travel to Montreal, Canada. Why would anybody travel to a place like Montreal? Let me tell you a bit about Montreal. It’s situated on an island in the middle of Saint Lawrence River. It takes its name from the mountain you find in the middle, Mount Royal in English. The name is actually worded down from the local French language; Montréal is what it ended up being. It’s a diverse city with multi ethnic cultures. You wouldn’t know what all these groups mean to the city before you have been there a while. It happens when you walk about in the summer time and listen to people that conversations are going in just about any language that you can imagine.

The city has a very rich cultural scene with performing arts centers all over the place. It is also a high tech city with some of the most advanced buildings in the world. You also have a very busy underground part of the city with shopping and nightlife easily accessible from below ground level. Montreal as a travel destination, yes definitely.

I would say that it’s become a city that stands out as a clean city and very friendly. It has a restaurant choice amongst the top cities in the world. A summertime visit to this city is highly recommended as it has a very high level of outdoor activities during this time of the year. Wintertime is not to look away from but I do prefer the summers.

I will write more about Montreal as time goes and also upload some photos form various parts of the city.