The New Travel I think that’d be a very interesting comparison, as they are very different cities in so many ways. On the whole, I prefer Montréal a little more due to its culture, history, general affordability, and a very nice level of urban density throughout (minus the crappy weather around Feb/Mar/Apr). How do you like Montréal so far? Think you’ll make it your home?
I live in Guadalajara, México and I love the weather, the culture, the people and the food! I like that it is a big city but still keeps that kind of little mexican town soul to it. It's awesome! But I definitely would like to live for a year or two in Montreal!
As a quebecoise and Montrealer, I can tell you that we played a lot in back alleys in my childhood growing up in the 90s. It was actually very popular back then. Now with technology and all that, i guess it's very different now, not as much kids playing in back alleys. But they still do in small towns, my mom is from Rouyn-Noranda which is far up north. Every summer i go visit some family there and i can see kids are still playing in back alleys over there a lot more. All that being said, great video, keep it up!
Grew up in the early 2000's and I can't tell you the amounts of street wide water gun/nerf/lazer sword battles I've had in the back alley. We would use both the 3 back gardens and the street itself and combined it was this gigantic playing field. I still see and hear some kids play in the back alley at my mom's whenever I'm there, but these days, seems like the front street gets used more because there back alley kids have all grown up, and no new ones from the other street have replaced them yet.
@@bb_lou I also feel like it's often too expensive to live in Montreal for young families so they will go outside of the city and that's why you see less kids here.
The green alleys of Verdun have been such a blessing for my local friends and I during COVID. We can safely gather at a distance and catch up without being on a sidewalk on in a crowded park. It's also made walks to the grocery store less nervewracking. The alleys in Verdun aren't quite up to par with the plateau's, but they're pretty fun regardless.
Ruelles were originally used to give easy access to homes for such things as the delivery of coal, for heating. When I was a kid that's where the trucks would pick up the trash. Nowadays they tend to be used as "milieux de vie": playing space for kids, etc. One big advantage of ruelles vertes is that they help make the city greener, which reduces heat in the summer. Also, they do help develop a sense of community, like you said in the video. People who would normally ignore their neighbors will get to know them if they work together setting up/maintaining a green alley. One unknown gem in the Plateau: rue Demers (between Hôtel-de-Ville and Henri-Julien, just south of Boulevard St-Joseph. Very original rue/ruelle, predates actual ruelles vertes. Go check it out! Keep up the good work, bravo in improving your french, and don't forget: people here refer to themselves as Québécois, not Canadians. Quebec is not Canada, it's a different nation altogether!
The ruelle vert/green alleys are amazing. Yes, they are beautiful and one of the simple things in life that bring joy; that is what I love about Montreal. Merci for showcasing them to your audience. On my street, we had a free library like the ones in your community but when the pandemic came, someone destroyed it and now we don't have one. Sad really. I used to put my old used books in there for people to take and I'd also on occasion get a book or two. Be safe. Ça va bien aller.
I'm a Montrealer and I can safely say that your French is better than you think, just keep immersing yourself and you'll be fine in a few years. One thing I will say thought is that if you're from montreal, you dont say MONtreal, you pronounce it MUNtreal. It's the easiest way to spot a tourist or Anglo-Canadian :) Ruelles are the best though, great place to play as a kid. Hockey games, bugs, animals, tons of house to look at. Great in the winter to cross-country ski everywhere
Bonjour Dan! Si tu aimes les espaces verts, je te suggère le parc qui longe le fleuve Saint-Laurent entre Verdun et Lasalle. Tu peux y avoir accès près du métro De L'Église. Il y a une piste cyclable que tu dois dépasser pour descendre sur la berge. En allant vers l'ouest le long de sentiers cachés jusqu'aux rapides de Lachine, tu découvriras de magnifiques paysages et des oiseaux migrateurs. 😊
I believe you achieved your childhood dream. You are the travel pirate! You’ve collected many a treasure...you just happen to share them with us all. Thanks again.
As a Montréalais (and former Torontonian), I can absolutely vouch for this episode’s authenticity - the Green Alleyways are a real gem in Montréal, hidden behind almost every other residential street. Most residents take great care to volunteer our time to take care of these alleys, like planting flowers, building mini librairies, and maintaining them throughout the year. They are often so quiet, lush, and green to walk through, and also just a great place to hang out with your friends or pets after work over a pint or bottle of wine.
Wow, that's awesome. We should do this in Winnipeg! (It's probably been mentioned but, pronounce the 't' in verte) _un bâtiment vert_ ~ a green building (masculine, don't pronounce the 't') _une fleur verte_ ~ a green flower (feminine, pronounce the 't')
Great video! I went to Montreal last summer and I LOVED the city! I literally wanted to go and live there for a couple of years, and I couldn't put my finger on what made me like it so much, but you just made me realize, it was all that green and the nature blending with the french architecture! It's awesome!
Thank you, Dan, for this. Very nice seeing little corners of one of my favorite cities of the world, Montreal. Montrealers seem to have a real flair for being creative, unlike cities here in the US.
Fun fact the city green alleys is usually maintained by the local boroughs of the greater Montreal area. So you if you see those alleys, its because the city at the borough level, works with willing home owners or dwellers to increase the green spaces. This is how you can find murals, shared seating, toys, books and even shared elevated gardens for the community to enjoy. I love my city, I think if I move i would miss these little things.
Thank you for reminding people that these alleys are by and for the residents! Ive seen so many tourists take ours over for photoshoots and they come in very large groups. Its flattering and all, but its a bit invasive. Love your content
Thanks for the lovely walk through the beautiful greenery of Montreal, Dan... those alleys are so lush and beautiful! (BTW, that was Parc De Lorimier you stumbled upon.) Montreal and CDMX are two of the most special cities in North America and even share similarities. No surprise you appreciate Montreal as you do! Awesome walk!
How I love my city! That video makes me want to go back to summertime. I miss the green haha! The lack of trees and actual parks is something that really surprised me the first time I visited cities outside of Quebec, especially New York! To me, having trees everywhere is so natural, so normal, it's weird when I visit a city and there's just concrete everywhere. Makes me really grateful for the beauty of my city. People from the suburbs only see traffic and pollution when they think of Montreal. Me, that's what I see. The vegetation. The hood vibes. The proximity.
Thanks for sharing! You picked a great area to explore. Montreal is such a massive city, I have lived here for most of my life, but always out in the suburbs. There is so much magic in the city centre, it's almost dream like. Fairy tale alley ways, art everywhere - just so vibrant and beautiful. Out in the suburbs, it's just big streets, cars, strip malls and plain suburban houses. You have inspired me to take a trip down there and take some pics! Also, I just have to say, you actually sound slightly French! The first time I saw one of your videos I thought, wow, what an odd accent for someone from the Prairies. Then I saw one of your videos from Victoria and realized, omg, your accent has changed!
@@TheNewTravel yes, sorry but I learning English (this is the main think why I follow your channel) so I don't know how explain better... greetings from answer my comment I very excited... greetings.
Hey, I don't know if it'll help you, but I was watching you struggle to pronounce "Ruelle Verte" and 1) THANK YOU for trying even if it's really hard, and 2) To produce the R sound in ruelle, try to add the sound it would make if you softly cleared your throat (yours sounds closer to a vocalised h sound), or if you tried to purr like a cat. I love our green alleys! I grew up in the middle of cement and buildings but there's always trees around and beautiful alleys, even if the poorest areas (like where I grew up; in the South-West around Monk metro on the green line). And the street art! I absolutely love stumbling upon huge beautiful murals that seem to just pop out of nowhere sometimes. It's awesome as usual to see my hometown through your eyes. I'm so glad you're enjoying this city ^^
Our r is purely evil unless you grew up using it 😂 I did some research on how French came to be and essentially, it's a romanised (Latin) version of the Germanic tribes living in that area. So it's German + Latin in a way?! I think you see it most in our r and a few other harsh throat sounds. Seriously though, you're doing a great job French wise, it's not an easy language to learn so props to you ^^
@@TheNewTravel Not sure if it makes you feel any better but the North American English R sound (the alveolar approximant) is pretty hard to master for French speakers. Words loaded with R's, TH's and initial H's are hell for ESL francophones. The modern standard French R (the uvular fricative) is rough for English speakers (and oddly, most other Romance language speakers) to learn but you also still hear the uvular trill (still sounded in the back of the throat but clearly rolled - think of a German or Scottish R) in French, particularly in certain regional accents and dialects especially with older speakers. If that uvular fricative R too elusive, you can try using the uvular trill... basically just a back of the throat rolled R, as opposed to the Latin tip-of-the-tongue rolled R typical in say Spanish or Italian (the alveolar trill). The trilled R is basically the standard R of pre-revolutionary French so you still hear it a lot in Quebec (it's one of those little archaic traits in Canadian French). I naturally alternate between the two Rs all the time in my own native speech since it was the standard R used by my parent's generation in their native region. I've heard TH-camrs with regional French accents (including a linguist) using that R regularly. It's common in Germanic languages and seems to be a bit less difficult for English speakers to pick up (heck, it's the standard R in a Scottish accent so basically just think of it as a Scottish R if that helps make it less intimidating). In Canadian French, it will give you a bit of an old-fashioned working class or rural sound but it won't sound "not French". An anglo ex-Montrealer buddy of mine uses it pretty much exclusively in his French and he just sounds kind of blue collar and informal.
I really enjoyed this a lot! I lived in Montreal for over two years, but I think it may have been before all this started, because I didn't remember seeing any of these while living there. Thanks for the video.
wow, that is super super awesome !...being from Montreal but left many years ago...absolutely not surprised of such initiative . People from Quebec are very creative and love nature ! I would compare our philosophy to Sweden etc.
I very much enjoyed this video. I agree, it's the little things that you appreciate. Thanks for being so appreciative of this beautiful culture and the people who have created it.
This is why I really really want to move out of Alberta and go to anywhere but where I am now (Calgary). Cities like Vancouver and Montreal has a lot of different great concepts and cultural movements. Here in Calgary, ..... OMG it is so bad.
Oh this makes my heart ache. Still miss it and nothing else will ever feel like home to me. Vancouver is a souless place and so illogically organized. The unendingly grey winters took a lot of getting used to as did the outrageous prices for absolutely everything. Can't get spruce beer soda out here or much in the way of maple flavoured food and no St Viateur bagels, sigh. Have you been to Santropol down on St Urbain? The people are friendlier and just more real in Montreal. I have compelling reasons to be here for the time being but my heart will always be in Montreal....
Love watching your videos about Montreal! Gonna be moving there soon (actually I was supposed to be there already, but.. covid didn't help), and it's a good way to keep hopeful. ^^ Can't wait to explore the city in real life. (:
The park at the corner of Laurier and Chabot is De Lorimier park. Back alleys are the gems of neighbourhoods. They're not used for trash anymore. For us, it's where the kids meet up to play and the neighbours meet up to talk. As for the names, it's the neighbours that give them their names, so it's not official and it's not on any maps.
Tourist are often advised to stay away from back allies, had I known there is these hidden oasis I would’ve visited it while I was there! The overall feel is so serene 😌
As an immigrant, I should be striving to protect this harmony there in Montreal and not disturb it by bringing in my life's pace and my place's culture. -the new travel's subscriber from India moving to Canada, soon.
Hey I know a few wild spots that are nice to check out, maybe you already know Le champ des possibles? There's also le Boisé Jean-Milot. Parc Frederic-Back too! One of my favorite places in Mtl is the concrete park on the Olympic Stadium Esplanade :P happy travels!
Gorgeous video of urban life at its best. I live in Portland, Maine, which has some of the Montreal vibe and look. Want to trade places for a month in summer 2021?
I enjoy your vlog, Dan. You should speak to one of Montreal's most progressive urban planners, Bartek Komorowski. He will take you through some of the tactical urbanism that Montreal has implemented.
"Ruelle verte" Fine enough for "Ruelle" the french "r" is very difficult for not native french speaker , but please not not forget the "e" is "verte" as it is feminine . Pratice makes perfect .😄
Just discovered you 😅 I hope you are doing well Dan! What alley did you go to with this video, it looks super green and it be nice for photoshoot. Great Video as well, Im trying to discovery Montreal. I recently moved here 5 months ago during COVID and still trying to manage to do some activities as much as I can.
This is my true horrific experience that happened to me renting apartments in Montreal, i had to look for a new apartment to rent due to having to leave my apartment i was at due to fire damages that was caused by another tentant in apartment complex,anyhow i soon there after found a new apartment,this new apartment was renting for $1100.00 it had just been renovated and really nice and clean,however my horrific experience was just about to get much worse,just at the time the covid19 outbreak came around i was settling into my new apartment and really happy i had found a new place,so i thought...i soon began feeling very sick in this apartment and i kept trying to figure out why i was feeling this way,well to keep this short,i found out after 5 months and becoming really sick that drug dealers had rented and set up a crystal meth lab in an apartment agent to my mine and the fumes from cooking or making this crystal meth drug had been seeping into my apartment and getting me very very sick, still today i have lingering bad symptoms do to the meth poisoning, i have seen doctors and explained to them about my bad experience,i have persistance symptoms of lung problems, sinuses and bad migrains,i found out the chemical these drug dealers were using to make or cook this crystal meth was called Ether,Ether is a mix of sulfuric acid and alcohol along with other very toxic dangerous chemicals,however the Ether chemical mix has a very deceiving sweet smell not a bad smell which makes it deceiving to the sense of smell leaving you thinking how wounderful the air smells around one, because Ether is very difficult to detect in the air because it blends well with other smells,chances are one becomes poisoned before figuring out, if you`ve rented apartments before you know you will have all kinds of new smells around,how i found out there was a crystal meth lab next to my apartment is another story,by that time i had found out i had been poisoned really bad, but what was just as bad as getting poisoned sick is that when meth contamination seeps into apartments,everything becomes contaminated,i mean everything,from cloths to furniture,tv bed,frigo ect ect to the smallest objects,everything nothing escapes,i couldn`t take anything with me due to meth residue contamination,these meth lab residue spores are really really bad,they will linger in everything for years and continue making one very sick, it is very very hard to wash or get rid of,i had to dispose of everything i had,thousands of dollars lost,all my belongings,it was horrible so horrible,the land lord of the building had no idea this was going on and only later to find out, from what i have found out,these dangerous meth lab apartments are quite common,real scary,i rent from a friend now and will never again rent from strangers,i still feel sick with lasting bad symptoms and fearing for my health over time,please i would like to know if any readers reading this had similar experience,please feel free to reply,the Ether mix is of sulfuric acid and alcohol making it very toxic and poisonous,very hard to detect it`s fumes in the air because of it`s sweet smell plus these fumes and spores could travel long distance if in buildings,buildings where meth labs were set up are health risks for all tenants in building,other chemicals also used are ammonia and acetone in the making of crystal meth,Renters beware.
Cool. Love the outdoor libraries. So, Sept. 9 is still warm enough for shorts in Montreal? I always pictured it as a city that gets cold as soon as August ends.
That's about right. It get cooler at night towards the middle of August, but is still 20-23° in the day. Plus, people who live here and toughed out many winters are going to milk summer for every drop before giving into fall clothing.
What's up everyone, hope you're doing well, aaaaaaaand question of the day:
👉 *What's a little thing you love about the city where you live?*
Vancouver? I love the seawall that wraps around so much of the shoreline. Great walking and people watching.
Yeah I miss that seawall... cheers NorthVan_Dan! I'm actually planning a video comparing Vancouver & Montreal
The New Travel I think that’d be a very interesting comparison, as they are very different cities in so many ways. On the whole, I prefer Montréal a little more due to its culture, history, general affordability, and a very nice level of urban density throughout (minus the crappy weather around Feb/Mar/Apr). How do you like Montréal so far? Think you’ll make it your home?
I live in Guadalajara, México and I love the weather, the culture, the people and the food! I like that it is a big city but still keeps that kind of little mexican town soul to it. It's awesome! But I definitely would like to live for a year or two in Montreal!
Tu país es increíblemente bello, cuando vuelves a México? Saludos
Thanks for sharing the city while being respectful!
Dan has a sensible soul , his videos are adventurous but always respectable for the local and highlight the Culture of the place he visited 😊
As a quebecoise and Montrealer, I can tell you that we played a lot in back alleys in my childhood growing up in the 90s. It was actually very popular back then. Now with technology and all that, i guess it's very different now, not as much kids playing in back alleys. But they still do in small towns, my mom is from Rouyn-Noranda which is far up north. Every summer i go visit some family there and i can see kids are still playing in back alleys over there a lot more. All that being said, great video, keep it up!
Grew up in the early 2000's and I can't tell you the amounts of street wide water gun/nerf/lazer sword battles I've had in the back alley. We would use both the 3 back gardens and the street itself and combined it was this gigantic playing field.
I still see and hear some kids play in the back alley at my mom's whenever I'm there, but these days, seems like the front street gets used more because there back alley kids have all grown up, and no new ones from the other street have replaced them yet.
Tout à fait !!!
@@bb_lou I also feel like it's often too expensive to live in Montreal for young families so they will go outside of the city and that's why you see less kids here.
Grew up in the 90's playing in alleys Mom always used to yell AWEILLE DEWORS when i spent more than 15 minutes in front of the tv lol
Mes parents sont du plateau pis les ruelles, c'est leur vie.
Don’t apologize for your French. We’re all just happy you’re trying!
Amen :)
The green alleys of Verdun have been such a blessing for my local friends and I during COVID. We can safely gather at a distance and catch up without being on a sidewalk on in a crowded park. It's also made walks to the grocery store less nervewracking. The alleys in Verdun aren't quite up to par with the plateau's, but they're pretty fun regardless.
Ruelles were originally used to give easy access to homes for such things as the delivery of coal, for heating. When I was a kid that's where the trucks would pick up the trash. Nowadays they tend to be used as "milieux de vie": playing space for kids, etc.
One big advantage of ruelles vertes is that they help make the city greener, which reduces heat in the summer. Also, they do help develop a sense of community, like you said in the video. People who would normally ignore their neighbors will get to know them if they work together setting up/maintaining a green alley.
One unknown gem in the Plateau: rue Demers (between Hôtel-de-Ville and Henri-Julien, just south of Boulevard St-Joseph. Very original rue/ruelle, predates actual ruelles vertes. Go check it out!
Keep up the good work, bravo in improving your french, and don't forget: people here refer to themselves as Québécois, not Canadians. Quebec is not Canada, it's a different nation altogether!
Fantastic , peaceful and friendly, Montreal looks like a safe caring city. Good job Dan
The ruelle vert/green alleys are amazing. Yes, they are beautiful and one of the simple things in life that bring joy; that is what I love about Montreal. Merci for showcasing them to your audience. On my street, we had a free library like the ones in your community but when the pandemic came, someone destroyed it and now we don't have one. Sad really. I used to put my old used books in there for people to take and I'd also on occasion get a book or two. Be safe. Ça va bien aller.
I'm a Montrealer and I can safely say that your French is better than you think, just keep immersing yourself and you'll be fine in a few years.
One thing I will say thought is that if you're from montreal, you dont say MONtreal, you pronounce it MUNtreal.
It's the easiest way to spot a tourist or Anglo-Canadian :)
Ruelles are the best though, great place to play as a kid. Hockey games, bugs, animals, tons of house to look at. Great in the winter to cross-country ski everywhere
Bonjour Dan! Si tu aimes les espaces verts, je te suggère le parc qui longe le fleuve Saint-Laurent entre Verdun et Lasalle. Tu peux y avoir accès près du métro De L'Église. Il y a une piste cyclable que tu dois dépasser pour descendre sur la berge. En allant vers l'ouest le long de sentiers cachés jusqu'aux rapides de Lachine, tu découvriras de magnifiques paysages et des oiseaux migrateurs. 😊
This video made my heart sing! Montreal has always been near and dear to me. Thank you for transporting me back to the beautiful city I love so much 🥰
I believe you achieved your childhood dream. You are the travel pirate! You’ve collected many a treasure...you just happen to share them with us all. Thanks again.
As a Montréalais (and former Torontonian), I can absolutely vouch for this episode’s authenticity - the Green Alleyways are a real gem in Montréal, hidden behind almost every other residential street. Most residents take great care to volunteer our time to take care of these alleys, like planting flowers, building mini librairies, and maintaining them throughout the year. They are often so quiet, lush, and green to walk through, and also just a great place to hang out with your friends or pets after work over a pint or bottle of wine.
Wow, that's awesome. We should do this in Winnipeg!
(It's probably been mentioned but, pronounce the 't' in verte)
_un bâtiment vert_ ~ a green building (masculine, don't pronounce the 't')
_une fleur verte_ ~ a green flower (feminine, pronounce the 't')
Great video! I went to Montreal last summer and I LOVED the city! I literally wanted to go and live there for a couple of years, and I couldn't put my finger on what made me like it so much, but you just made me realize, it was all that green and the nature blending with the french architecture! It's awesome!
Thank you, Dan, for this. Very nice seeing little corners of one of my favorite cities of the world, Montreal. Montrealers seem to have a real flair for being creative, unlike cities here in the US.
Fun fact the city green alleys is usually maintained by the local boroughs of the greater Montreal area. So you if you see those alleys, its because the city at the borough level, works with willing home owners or dwellers to increase the green spaces. This is how you can find murals, shared seating, toys, books and even shared elevated gardens for the community to enjoy.
I love my city, I think if I move i would miss these little things.
Well that was a nice feel good video, thanks Dan I needed that.
Just magical! Your videos are so beautiful and inspiring! I just love how peaceful the city seems in your videos, so quiet
Dan, this is great. This type of contents, covering where people live, not touristy places, is exactly what I look for on TH-cam. Awesome work!
I am so glad that you made this video Dan, because each one of these spaces is an incredible treasure!
Thank you for reminding people that these alleys are by and for the residents! Ive seen so many tourists take ours over for photoshoots and they come in very large groups. Its flattering and all, but its a bit invasive. Love your content
I really love Montreal.
Thanks for the lovely walk through the beautiful greenery of Montreal, Dan... those alleys are so lush and beautiful! (BTW, that was Parc De Lorimier you stumbled upon.) Montreal and CDMX are two of the most special cities in North America and even share similarities. No surprise you appreciate Montreal as you do! Awesome walk!
How I love my city!
That video makes me want to go back to summertime. I miss the green haha! The lack of trees and actual parks is something that really surprised me the first time I visited cities outside of Quebec, especially New York! To me, having trees everywhere is so natural, so normal, it's weird when I visit a city and there's just concrete everywhere. Makes me really grateful for the beauty of my city. People from the suburbs only see traffic and pollution when they think of Montreal. Me, that's what I see. The vegetation. The hood vibes. The proximity.
I appreciate the fact that you are very respectful. French canadian who grew up in the Ville-Émard neighborhood in the 70’s. Still live in Montreal.
Gorgeous. Such a great idea. In Toronto, our alleys are mostly for garages.
Thanks for sharing! You picked a great area to explore. Montreal is such a massive city, I have lived here for most of my life, but always out in the suburbs. There is so much magic in the city centre, it's almost dream like. Fairy tale alley ways, art everywhere - just so vibrant and beautiful. Out in the suburbs, it's just big streets, cars, strip malls and plain suburban houses. You have inspired me to take a trip down there and take some pics! Also, I just have to say, you actually sound slightly French! The first time I saw one of your videos I thought, wow, what an odd accent for someone from the Prairies. Then I saw one of your videos from Victoria and realized, omg, your accent has changed!
Very cool vídeo Dan. Merci!
Weird places but almost is very green!!!! I love as people share theirs books its amazing
Weird is good, right? ;)
@@TheNewTravel yes, sorry but I learning English (this is the main think why I follow your channel) so I don't know how explain better... greetings from answer my comment I very excited... greetings.
I'm Brazillian and i love Montreal videos and they Alleys
Hey, I don't know if it'll help you, but I was watching you struggle to pronounce "Ruelle Verte" and 1) THANK YOU for trying even if it's really hard, and 2) To produce the R sound in ruelle, try to add the sound it would make if you softly cleared your throat (yours sounds closer to a vocalised h sound), or if you tried to purr like a cat.
I love our green alleys! I grew up in the middle of cement and buildings but there's always trees around and beautiful alleys, even if the poorest areas (like where I grew up; in the South-West around Monk metro on the green line).
And the street art! I absolutely love stumbling upon huge beautiful murals that seem to just pop out of nowhere sometimes.
It's awesome as usual to see my hometown through your eyes. I'm so glad you're enjoying this city ^^
Yes the French "r" is a struggle for me in this one ahaha!! 🙈
Thanks for the nice words, Simon
Our r is purely evil unless you grew up using it 😂 I did some research on how French came to be and essentially, it's a romanised (Latin) version of the Germanic tribes living in that area. So it's German + Latin in a way?! I think you see it most in our r and a few other harsh throat sounds.
Seriously though, you're doing a great job French wise, it's not an easy language to learn so props to you ^^
@@TheNewTravel Not sure if it makes you feel any better but the North American English R sound (the alveolar approximant) is pretty hard to master for French speakers. Words loaded with R's, TH's and initial H's are hell for ESL francophones.
The modern standard French R (the uvular fricative) is rough for English speakers (and oddly, most other Romance language speakers) to learn but you also still hear the uvular trill (still sounded in the back of the throat but clearly rolled - think of a German or Scottish R) in French, particularly in certain regional accents and dialects especially with older speakers. If that uvular fricative R too elusive, you can try using the uvular trill... basically just a back of the throat rolled R, as opposed to the Latin tip-of-the-tongue rolled R typical in say Spanish or Italian (the alveolar trill).
The trilled R is basically the standard R of pre-revolutionary French so you still hear it a lot in Quebec (it's one of those little archaic traits in Canadian French). I naturally alternate between the two Rs all the time in my own native speech since it was the standard R used by my parent's generation in their native region. I've heard TH-camrs with regional French accents (including a linguist) using that R regularly. It's common in Germanic languages and seems to be a bit less difficult for English speakers to pick up (heck, it's the standard R in a Scottish accent so basically just think of it as a Scottish R if that helps make it less intimidating). In Canadian French, it will give you a bit of an old-fashioned working class or rural sound but it won't sound "not French". An anglo ex-Montrealer buddy of mine uses it pretty much exclusively in his French and he just sounds kind of blue collar and informal.
I keep coming back to this video every couple of months to get inspired. Thanks for making this video!
Hey Dan, love your spirit, thanks for sharing the little things you enjoy!
Thanks for being so nice and honest towards our beloved city Dan.
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Not exactly similar to Montréal ...
Sorry to say but Toronto is the opposit of Montréal. A Soulness city with no cultural identity. JUST a place to work and go home to watch Netflix.
Accidently landed on your video, go figure, TH-cam suggestions! Met you at Mauricio's Hahaha great stuff man
That's what it is, the pulling together of nature and architecture. The ruelles are magnificent and are great spots for kids to play.
Je suis de Montréal et j'ignorais l'existence de ces ruelles! Quelle belle initiative de la ville!
I'm happy I found your channel! Since we couldn't travel this year, I have to watch vlogs of my hometown to compensate 😄 makes me happy to see mtl!
Been binge watching your Mexico series this past week. This video rocks too!! Keep up the good work brother!!
Love the poems attached to tree branches!
Check out Sir George Etienne-Cartier Square near the St. Henri metro stn (you can take the cycle path along the Lachine Canal). It is beautiful.
A hunting ground for the Justforlaugh prank crew, that park!
You got some nice cinematography in many clips!
Those are very special alleys! This is why I love Montreal so much people care and do interesting things to it beautiful.
I really enjoyed this a lot! I lived in Montreal for over two years, but I think it may have been before all this started, because I didn't remember seeing any of these while living there. Thanks for the video.
Left Montreal 10 years ago. This almost brought me to tears. THIS is Montreal to me.
I’ve lived in Montreal my whole life and never knew what ‘alley’ was in French. Now I know! Thanks for the cool video 🙂
This is what a community should be like everywhere. That’s the beauty of Canada.
wow, that is super super awesome !...being from Montreal but left many years ago...absolutely not surprised of such initiative . People from Quebec are very creative and love nature ! I would compare our philosophy to Sweden etc.
I very much enjoyed this video. I agree, it's the little things that you appreciate. Thanks for being so appreciative of this beautiful culture and the people who have created it.
Just beautiful!!! I want to go live there and be part of a community like that 😊 Saludos Dan!!
Hermoso país espero algún día poder visitar Canadá 🇨🇦 saludos desde Guadalajara 🇲🇽
I live in Montreal and I enjoy watching your vlogs so much !!! Thank you for sharing your content with us.
Thanks :)
This is why I really really want to move out of Alberta and go to anywhere but where I am now (Calgary). Cities like Vancouver and Montreal has a lot of different great concepts and cultural movements. Here in Calgary, ..... OMG it is so bad.
What a cool video and sneak peek of the alley's of Montreal! refreshing to watch! Thanks Dan!!
Dan the man...thanks for sharing!
I have toured several of Monteal's Ruelle Verte!! I loved them and wish that this was a " thing" in Detroit!!
Montreal ❤️❤️❤️🙏
Oh this makes my heart ache. Still miss it and nothing else will ever feel like home to me. Vancouver is a souless place and so illogically organized. The unendingly grey winters took a lot of getting used to as did the outrageous prices for absolutely everything. Can't get spruce beer soda out here or much in the way of maple flavoured food and no St Viateur bagels, sigh. Have you been to Santropol down on St Urbain? The people are friendlier and just more real in Montreal. I have compelling reasons to be here for the time being but my heart will always be in Montreal....
Love watching your videos about Montreal! Gonna be moving there soon (actually I was supposed to be there already, but.. covid didn't help), and it's a good way to keep hopeful. ^^ Can't wait to explore the city in real life. (:
i already say ...welcome to our beautiful city
yes its a beautiful city ive been her a year and half and love it so far
Girl I feel youu! I was supposed to be there last march too 😭😭 but we'll get there for sure. Let's hope for the best ❤️😘
@@christinerosepascual2549 Yess, always. ^^ 2021 will be the year! haha ❤️
The park at the corner of Laurier and Chabot is De Lorimier park. Back alleys are the gems of neighbourhoods. They're not used for trash anymore. For us, it's where the kids meet up to play and the neighbours meet up to talk. As for the names, it's the neighbours that give them their names, so it's not official and it's not on any maps.
Very very interesting. Thanks for making a video about this. So unique.
Ton français est très correct.your french is vert good for à New-York comer
Tourist are often advised to stay away from back allies, had I known there is these hidden oasis I would’ve visited it while I was there! The overall feel is so serene 😌
As an immigrant, I should be striving to protect this harmony there in Montreal and not disturb it by bringing in my life's pace and my place's culture.
-the new travel's subscriber from India moving to Canada, soon.
Hey I know a few wild spots that are nice to check out, maybe you already know Le champ des possibles? There's also le Boisé Jean-Milot. Parc Frederic-Back too! One of my favorite places in Mtl is the concrete park on the Olympic Stadium Esplanade :P happy travels!
Back alleys in winter is a different story.
Nice to see you
Ruelle Verte: Pequena rua verde
Gorgeous video of urban life at its best. I live in Portland, Maine, which has some of the Montreal vibe and look. Want to trade places for a month in summer 2021?
Have you visited Parc Maisonneuve? Its huge!
I enjoy your vlog, Dan.
You should speak to one of Montreal's most progressive urban planners, Bartek Komorowski. He will take you through some of the tactical urbanism that Montreal has implemented.
Great video!
thank you.
Thanks. WONDERFUL VIDEO.
Bonjour de Vancouver !
Good Luck and stay safe in montreal.
Thanks!
U show us always new things
I love Montreal alleys
"Ruelle verte" Fine enough for "Ruelle" the french "r" is very difficult for not native french speaker , but please not not forget the "e" is "verte" as it is feminine . Pratice makes perfect .😄
I sail for 25 years. Leave next year for about 4 years. Need crew. You sound like fun.
Just discovered you 😅 I hope you are doing well Dan! What alley did you go to with this video, it looks super green and it be nice for photoshoot. Great Video as well, Im trying to discovery Montreal. I recently moved here 5 months ago during COVID and still trying to manage to do some activities as much as I can.
I love Montreal's various alleys.
Les ruelles vertes de Mtl 💚
Lived in Montréal my whole life and never knew about this 😅 so thank you ☺️
Thanks! A peaceful day in a pretty, livable place. You ought to get a tax break from the tourist board.
this is pretty cool tbh
Thanks Mars! Coming from a planet, that means a lot. Still waiting to hear back from Elon about making the first mars travel vlog...
The New Travel lol
This is my true horrific experience that happened to me renting apartments in Montreal, i had to look for a new apartment to rent due to having to leave my apartment i was at due to fire damages that was caused by another tentant in apartment complex,anyhow i soon there after found a new apartment,this new apartment was renting for $1100.00 it had just been renovated and really nice and clean,however my horrific experience was just about to get much worse,just at the time the covid19 outbreak came around i was settling into my new apartment and really happy i had found a new place,so i thought...i soon began feeling very sick in this apartment and i kept trying to figure out why i was feeling this way,well to keep this short,i found out after 5 months and becoming really sick that drug dealers had rented and set up a crystal meth lab in an apartment agent to my mine and the fumes from cooking or making this crystal meth drug had been seeping into my apartment and getting me very very sick, still today i have lingering bad symptoms do to the meth poisoning, i have seen doctors and explained to them about my bad experience,i have persistance symptoms of lung problems, sinuses and bad migrains,i found out the chemical these drug dealers were using to make or cook this crystal meth was called Ether,Ether is a mix of sulfuric acid and alcohol along with other very toxic dangerous chemicals,however the Ether chemical mix has a very deceiving sweet smell not a bad smell which makes it deceiving to the sense of smell leaving you thinking how wounderful the air smells around one, because Ether is very difficult to detect in the air because it blends well with other smells,chances are one becomes poisoned before figuring out, if you`ve rented apartments before you know you will have all kinds of new smells around,how i found out there was a crystal meth lab next to my apartment is another story,by that time i had found out i had been poisoned really bad, but what was just as bad as getting poisoned sick is that when meth contamination seeps into apartments,everything becomes contaminated,i mean everything,from cloths to furniture,tv bed,frigo ect ect to the smallest objects,everything nothing escapes,i couldn`t take anything with me due to meth residue contamination,these meth lab residue spores are really really bad,they will linger in everything for years and continue making one very sick, it is very very hard to wash or get rid of,i had to dispose of everything i had,thousands of dollars lost,all my belongings,it was horrible so horrible,the land lord of the building had no idea this was going on and only later to find out, from what i have found out,these dangerous meth lab apartments are quite common,real scary,i rent from a friend now and will never again rent from strangers,i still feel sick with lasting bad symptoms and fearing for my health over time,please i would like to know if any readers reading this had similar experience,please feel free to reply,the Ether mix is of sulfuric acid and alcohol making it very toxic and poisonous,very hard to detect it`s fumes in the air because of it`s sweet smell plus these fumes and spores could travel long distance if in buildings,buildings where meth labs were set up are health risks for all tenants in building,other chemicals also used are ammonia and acetone in the making of crystal meth,Renters beware.
Cool. Love the outdoor libraries. So, Sept. 9 is still warm enough for shorts in Montreal? I always pictured it as a city that gets cold as soon as August ends.
That's about right. It get cooler at night towards the middle of August, but is still 20-23° in the day. Plus, people who live here and toughed out many winters are going to milk summer for every drop before giving into fall clothing.
nice!
I haven’t been to lafontaine in 40 years!
I love your videos
Hope your good
I'm good bro, how are you?
@@TheNewTravel good too here in México waiting the 15 of september
Have you been Fairmont bagels yet
montreal is so cute
Omg did I buy an AC from you?
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what neighbourhood is this mainly filmed in? rosemont? really hoping someone can answer :)
Yes Rosemont
It's not exactly a free library 😋 it's more of a "give one take one" library