I've always been curious about Quebec and the region's deeply rooted French culture. After my original plan of revisiting Japan had fallen through, I decided to take a short vacation in Montreal and Quebec City. Since the international jazz festival had kick started in Montreal, I thought this would be a good opportunity to listen to some great music and also capture the festivities with my Canon 5D MII.
The weather was little wet and a lot cooler than what I expected, but the beautiful architecture, fabulous food and friendly people made up for it. I've become very efficient with packing from my travels, but I goofed up on this trip by under packing the warm clothes. Too much summer clothing for an early Spring weather did cause little misery, but luckily I had my hoodie sweater which I ended up wearing nearly everyday.
It was a challenge carrying the camera equipments with me everywhere since it rained almost daily. Oh...and trying to avoid getting engulfed by the attending masses at the jazz festival was little tricky. Although you only see one or several people in some of my pictures, in reality there were crowds of tourists walking about in all directions. I had to stay put in one location for quite a while in few instances, so I could take the right shots. The whole photography experience in Quebec was a blast and I did get few gems out of this trip.
Check out my Quebec photos at the Light Conversationalist blog site! Au Revoir!
