The first two weeks

I recently arrived at Montréal, one of the biggest cities in Canada and more precisely in Québec. Life here is not so different from life in France but still some things differ from what we have in France. The first thing you’re gonna notice is that almost everyone is bilingual. Since Montréal is close to the US border and English being Canada’s official language (Québec is the only province that speaks French) this is not that surprinsing.

Another thing, quite a big one as a French foreigner, is the milk. All forms of milk need to be pasteurized so way less variety of cheese can be produced from it.

Otherwise the city is beautiful, having both huge buildings and colorful parks such as the Mont Royal’s park :

Another thing is that prices can be confusing since taxes (the equivalent of TVA in France) are calculated only at checkout, meaning the price you see on the product is slightly inferior as the price you will pay. Thankfully, since Canadian dollar being less valuable than Euro, we basically have a 25% discount on everything.