Canada
It is not hard to understand why the cafés are overrun and the street performers ubiquitous during summer in Montreal and Quebec. The winter is long and deep, and the absence of warmth must be profound. But two more photogenic cities would be hard to find indeed. Hard to believe it took me 50 years to get there.
![Blueberry harvest, Marché Publique, Montreal, 2014](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e91069e4b0f93fea09d84d/1492518549092-UJI6CBISXHP9PTDBVUP5/Canada-3486.jpg)
![Les pêches d’été, Marchés Publiques, Montreal, 2014](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e91069e4b0f93fea09d84d/1492518861932-U7DXUBMS5YND9BAKDS50/Peaches-3588.jpg)
![St. Lawrence River at dusk, Québec, 2014](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e91069e4b0f93fea09d84d/1492518831955-VX9L0CR2OTJCUCOT11ZD/Quebec-night-3200.jpg)
![Frontenac stairway, Québec, 2014](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e91069e4b0f93fea09d84d/1448128339419-8L9F19T1LOJPWDX65DJS/Canada-3369.jpg)
![Botanical Garden, Montreal, 2014](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e91069e4b0f93fea09d84d/1448128347900-RS0N01HILKNPSLU1OJRB/Canada-3643.jpg)
![Casavant organ, Église de Nôtre Dame, Montreal, 2014](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54e91069e4b0f93fea09d84d/1448128348420-YCQQ3QSS1V23TMSIF35J/Canada-3669.jpg)