They don't 'hate' Americans, as long as you don't act like the typical one, not that i'm saying you will/are The Eastern townships have some the most beautiful scenery that Canada offers for an open air ride.
No problems in Montreal or Ville de Québec. That said if you speak any French including God awful fractured French and make the attempt to speak it you will frequently be replied to in English, but you have made the effort and extended the courtesy and that in most Francophones minds (save for the most rapid) counts for a lot.
My tentative itinerary is to fly in to Montreal on Saturday, spend 3 nights there, then drive to Quebec City for 2-3 days then head back to Montreal for the last 2 nights. Biking in the Chaudière-Appalaches seems very interesting per my research on Google Maps.
Yes that is a pretty part of the world and an interesting mix of agricultural and forestland. Very Francophone, ironically enough given the name particularly Saint-Georges.
Too many nights in Montreal, if you like to bike, go east from Quebec city through the Charlevoix Region, including Baie St Paul and other small communities along the St Lawrence. It would not be uncommon to see whales from the roadway the closer you get to the Tadoussac area, you don't even have to get on a boat at times. Montreal is a great city but it's not a charming as Quebec City or the countryside of Quebec City.
Yes, that's the last thing anyone can accuse me of is being or acting "'merican".
Even as a conservative, Republican, red-meat eating American, I have a somewhat Euro-look, style, sensibilities and mannerisms. Yep, I am a walking contradiction. I'm visiting to experience the host culture, because it is not the U.S. or even Ontario. Been there, done that, loved it. But I am looking for something new and different and I don't have the budget to travel off the continent yet.
S**t Quebec is big and that is just the Southern portion.
I wonder about the Île d'Orléans just down river of Ville de Québec (although it is flat, flat, flat).
oui, oui. Go take the trip. Folks in Quebec are friendly and the SP's are amazing and oui oui lovely.
Yes, good idea the island is a popular bike area, little traffic and many quaint villages. Also orchards, and a couple of Cabane aux sucre (sugar shacks) where you can get a traditional Quebecois lunch. Don't get too excited it's just beans and eggs made in different ways. Lol.
QC is a unique city, the only walled in city, in the US/Canada and over 400 years old. It still has that small city feel, unlike Montreal. Golod plan to save on days in Montreal and spend them in QC, just learn a little french. It will help a lot to open doors, as you tried.
Quite true. The classless Habs fans boo the US anthem at hockey games. They also despise anglophones due to having a huge inferiority complex - witness recent actions by the hateful and intolerant Mariois PQ government and their 'language gestapo' against anything english.
A handful of morons, that's all they are. Our American friends will feel welcome in Quebec as would you.
Funny, I work in Quebec regularly, and my experience is the exact opposite of yours.
