montreal and toronto

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  • stargazer76
    stargazer76 Posts: 164
    i will be at montreal, and toronto on the 11th! (and ottawa on the 14th).

    hope to catch a Blue Jay's game in TO on the 10th.

    promises to be a stellar week!! Thanks PJ!! :D
    love is all good people need....and music sets the sick ones free...
  • Vedder_Girl77
    Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,344
    I'll be at both Toronto shows! :D
    8/29/00, 7/3/03, 5/24/06,6/28/08 & 6/30/08, 10/9/09,10/28/09, 10/30/09 & 10/31/09, 5/15/10, 5/17/10, 5/18/10, 5/20/10 & 5/21/10, 10/23/10 & 10/24/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 9/11/11, 9/12/11, 9/23/11, 9/22/12, 9/30/12, 7/16/13, 7/19/13
  • FitPearl
    FitPearl Posts: 744
    Hinn wrote:
    who's going? what should we do in both cities, where should we eat, cmon....share!
    Not going to Toronto, but I'll be in Montreal.

    http://thisallencompassingtrip.com/2011 ... -montreal/

    http://thisallencompassingtrip.com/2011 ... e-toronto/
    1st comment is pretty nice! 8-)

    :lol:
    "Pearl Jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute

    To 10c; "Your PJ tshirt should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." - bionicamy

    Pearl Jam is the Boxer. We're just happy to be the bag -- Aaron Cunningham,Fanviews '98
  • FitPearl
    FitPearl Posts: 744
    dottles wrote:
    pleaaaaasssse accept me!! :mrgreen:
    "Pearl Jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute

    To 10c; "Your PJ tshirt should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." - bionicamy

    Pearl Jam is the Boxer. We're just happy to be the bag -- Aaron Cunningham,Fanviews '98
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,051
    I'll be making my first border crossing into Canada ever with the Montreal show...
    packing as many bruins Stanley cup shirts and hats as I plan to wear them walking around!
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • FitPearl
    FitPearl Posts: 744
    locked wrote:
    I'll be making my first border crossing into Canada ever with the Montreal show...
    packing as many bruins Stanley cup shirts and hats as I plan to wear them walking around!
    we are pretty friendly with our ennemies... as long as they stay quiet and dont throw things at us! :lol:
    "Pearl Jam are not just a band, they are a choice, and if you make that choice, you become one of the few lucky people on this planet to have your life enriched by the greatest gift that music ever gave" -- substitute

    To 10c; "Your PJ tshirt should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady." - bionicamy

    Pearl Jam is the Boxer. We're just happy to be the bag -- Aaron Cunningham,Fanviews '98
  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,975
    ooooooo...some good stuff in this thread!
    keep it coming!



    dottles, if youve never been, i personally think niagra falls is well worth a visit.
    hubby and i went years and years ago, good times!
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


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  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    dottles wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    dottles wrote:
    Will I understand the hockey thing after my visit to Canada? :D:lol::D


    As long as you drink the water while you're there.
    Well historically I have an issue of dehydration, so will have to make a point to drink water! :D


    After exactly 46.3 ounces of Canadian water you will understand the "hockey thing". After only 24 ounces of some Molson XXX you will want to rip Peter Pocklington's head off and shit down his throat for trading Wayne Gretzky!! :D
  • Fifthelement
    Fifthelement Lotusland Posts: 6,965
    DS1119 wrote:
    After exactly 46.3 ounces of Canadian water you will understand the "hockey thing". After only 24 ounces of some Molson XXX you will want to rip Peter Pocklington's head off and shit down his throat for trading Wayne Gretzky!! :D


    :lol::lol::lol:Too true!

    A Montreal must is Schwartz's Deli - http://www.schwartzsdeli.com/index_eng.html at 3895 Saint-Laurent Boulevard. If you don't trust my review, check out the ones below :D

    Consistently ranked #1 deli in Montreal for over the past 80 years, our reviews have been in numerous restaurant guides and newspapers, but maybe we can give you some of the quotes we've received:

    "A Beef on Rye to Freeze to Death for!"
    - Financial Times of London

    "The best place in the Milky Way to sample smoked meat sandwiches!"
    - Time Magazine

    "When you're in Montreal, you must go to Schwartz's"
    - New York Times

    "A Montreal legend for 80 years. So what's the big deal? It's the viande fumé that overwhelms two slices of rye."
    - National Geographic
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • BLACK35
    BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 23,059
    dottles wrote:
    Will I understand the hockey thing after my visit to Canada? :D:lol::D

    You'll completely understand hockey aftyer being in the Mecca and you'll be a Leafs fan before you leave....or we will try and convert you to one anyways :D
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  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    Rainy Afternoon hint: Steam Whistle Brewery tour. It's a lot of fun, and you get free beer.

    Check out the Distillery District as well

    http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com/
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,292
    dottles wrote:
    Hiya,
    I set up a facebook group last night for the discussion/arrangements of trains between gigs, trips (one to Niagara Falls is being planned for the 10th - I know many people have said not to bother, but seems I am flying over the pond I want to see as much as I can). It is called Pearl Jam Canada Tour 2011 - Trains and Things.
    I can't link to it here as I am work and can't access facebook from my work network, but can do tonight.
    All ideas gratefully received and we thought that people could post when they've booked trains or buses etc, and that others may wish to join them etc...
    We did a similar thing last year between the Dublin and Belfast gigs and the train journey was great.

    not sure why someone would say "not to bother" re niagara falls
    definitely check it out if you are traveling from across the big pond
    it's beautiful and majestic!
  • MrMerkinball
    MrMerkinball Posts: 1,978
    The falls are great to see. The area is one massive tourist trap. I always suggest, go see the falls, take some pictures etc. Then go to Niagara on the Lake and some of the wineries there.
  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,221
    DS1119 wrote:
    After exactly 46.3 ounces of Canadian water you will understand the "hockey thing". After only 24 ounces of some Molson XXX you will want to rip Peter Pocklington's head off and shit down his throat for trading Wayne Gretzky!! :D


    :lol::lol::lol: Too true!

    :lol: My family are really sporty, but it is a cricket and rugby (union) household!
    Maybe I should try to catch a hockey game whilst I am over!
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  • dottles
    dottles Posts: 9,221
    The falls are great to see. The area is one massive tourist trap. I always suggest, go see the falls, take some pictures etc. Then go to Niagara on the Lake and some of the wineries there.

    Thanks (and helplessdancer) I figured it would be touristy, and I'm not interested in a casino or alike :D
    I do like wine though :D
    2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 
    2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
    2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii. 
  • Krazyhorse
    Krazyhorse Posts: 27
    I'm in for pregaming the shows in TO X 2 and Ottawa shows... still trying to figure out how to get time to get to the montreal show

    I usually use hotwire to get a room in TO or Mtl... its all good, you don't know your hotel until you pay but sometimes you get a kickass hotel
    Those ignorant Indians got nothing on me
  • shep
    shep Houston Posts: 5,902
    BLACK35 wrote:
    dottles wrote:
    Will I understand the hockey thing after my visit to Canada? :D:lol::D

    You'll completely understand hockey aftyer being in the Mecca and you'll be a Leafs fan before you leave....or we will try and convert you to one anyways :D

    Don't listen to him Leanne... unless you want to root for the team with the longest losing streak in hockey.... 44 years and counting! Just think, you could be 43 years old and have never seen your team win Lord Stanley's Mug....

    I lived in T.O for 2 years and never got sucked into their crappy hockey realm :P

    Go Habs Go!
    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,361
    If you can bring your bike, Montreal is a great city to see via bicycle! Did it in '08 during EV's solo tour.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 99,885
    Who's staying the extra day, Sept 8th in Montreal? We can plan something out. Group traveling the city or what not. :)
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,649
    FitPearl wrote:
    locked wrote:
    I'll be making my first border crossing into Canada ever with the Montreal show...
    packing as many bruins Stanley cup shirts and hats as I plan to wear them walking around!
    we are pretty friendly with our ennemies... as long as they stay quiet and dont throw things at us! :lol:

    We were up from Boston visiting Montreal the night of game 5 (Bruins defeat Canadians in OT.) We were SHOCKED at how nice everyone was. Neither Bostonians in the Bronx nor New Yorkers on Yawkey Way would have been treated as nice as we were
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