I have such fabulous memories of Canada’s second largest city, on its island in Quebec’s St. Lawrence River. It was one of my very first trips out of the United States, and it felt exotic yet familiar. A great family destination, for sure. And indeed, it’s fair to say Montreal is in a league of its own: Bilingual yet multicultural; mixing the centuries-old colonial with the up-to-the-minute cutting edge; almost as active underground as above; and a city of laid-back villages yet also a throbbing center of commerce as well as culture both high and low. read more