# I'm going to Montreal! Any Dopers wanna show me around? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443 "2002-05-23T05:01:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/1 "2002-05-23T05:01:19Z")
Yes, sometime during my holidays in the last two weeks of June and the first two weeks of July, I’ll be spending some days in Montreal, and maybe going as far as Quebec City. I’d like to explore the Metro, do some drawing, and visit some museums (architecture? cartooning/animation? history?) and other good stuff. Nightlife? I’m not a drinker or a smoker, but I _will_ make a valiant attempt to dance if need be. 🙂 Music? Rock, various forms of electronic (Trance, Ambient, etc). I know little of Jazz, and avoid Country. What’s a person to do when their musical tastes don’t match their demographic? 🙂 French? Last time I was in Montreal, ten years ago, I was absolutely _terrified_ of opening my mouth to try to speak French, and I spent three days barely saying a word. Now, however, I’m learning a few scraps of the language, and hope to not embarrass myself too badly. (A trip to Europe cured me of the fear of languages at least…) So… any montrealais up for entertaining a visitor from that notoriously-underfunded non-stylish megalopolis to the west? ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/2 "2002-05-23T05:05:45Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d like to explore the Metro Darling, I wrote the book on the metro. Or at least the [website.](http://www.metrodemontreal.com) And showing it off is one of my favourite things to do. I’ll be gone in July, but I can show it to you during the first part of your trip. Please contact me. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/3 "2002-05-23T06:16:37Z")
**matt\_mcl** , I was thinking of you when I wrote my post. 😃 Guess I’ll go in June then! 🙂 I’ll dig through my contact list and send you an email. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/4 "2002-05-27T22:27:45Z")
Not sure I want to show you around literally, but e-mail me (in French, of course) with arrival and departure dates, I’ve got all the best ideas! ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/5 "2002-05-28T17:51:04Z")
oooh! mini-dopefest! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/6 "2002-05-28T19:17:46Z")
**eunoia** : Erkk… En Francais? :eek: J’arrive …um… [sub]\ I don’t remember any French![/sub] I’m tentatively planning for the last week of June, just a few days, say the 25th to the 28th. **LaurAnge** : Mini-dopefest? For me? \ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/7 "2002-05-28T19:55:19Z")
Just kidding about the French, my speaking of the English is goodly! Screw the mini-dopefest, Mies van der Rohe inline-skating tour of Nun’s Island!😃 ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-montreal-any-dopers-wanna-show-me-around/110443/8 "2002-05-28T19:59:37Z")
[Vernon Reid at the Jazzfest](http://www.admission.com/cgi/guide.cgi?TITLE=vernon+reid&l=FR&submit.x=10&submit.y=19)