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Montreal:Taste of bagels and smell of cannabis

Construction, industry, detours and cannabis…these were the first impressions which this city gave me. Nothing impressive, nothing, which would touch my heart, nothing, why I would like to come back to this place. I kept wondering first hours how can I enjoy my so much wanted vacations when I was walking through noisy streets full of dust and trucks, upset, that I do not see any waterfalls, any mountain tops, rocks or sea. Flat piece of country covered by skyscrapers and old industrial buildings. Where was my dream about Canada? Where was the country covered by national parks, untouched nature full of wild animals? Instead of cathedrals we were reading a history of old industry in this city since the old factories were kept here as historical monuments. And I slowly started to find my way how to enjoy this stay. There was so little to impress me, but in the middle of destruction, boredomness and factories were entangled pieces of art - hidden in the buildings without windows,...