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Quebec - 'keh-bek' - Exploring Montreal

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Marmite Crisis We have a crisis.  Love it or hate it, we have run out of Marmite!  The Quebecois clearly are not in the first camp as it is not available in any supermarket we have been in.  In fairness there isn't a large British contingent in the province, in fact finding any first language English speakers is rare.   I am not sure we can last until we get back to ' British'  Columbia and its specialist British food stores, actually thinking about it, it's often in the BC supermarkets. Montreal - Quebec We spent Sat 19th in Montreal city, it was not our most successful day out.  It was a culture shock after nearly two months of open roads, provincial parks and few people.   It didn't help that we missed a turning to the Vieux Port waterfront on the way in, and our satnav wanted to take us on a 10km diversion on the underground expressway.  Once we finally found it, it was hot, which wasn't great for Jack, and none of the restaurants an...