Bonjour and welcome to Montreal
It's actually hello in French, because Montreal is very
French. We are in French Canada. It's actually 63%
French speaking. We have a lot of history of French and
English because we are technically as a country
bilingual, but you don't see it in Western Canada
you more so see it in Eastern Canada which I get to
experience. Which is awesome. It is my first time.
This is the Sommet at Place Ville Marie
I was given this bracelet to go up here. And this is the
interactive running zone
So I click
I click. Why isn't it working? One moment
lol
Yes, this is making me so hungry right now
I am currently joined by m friend Patrick from
What's Up Montreal. Hi. My channel is about
Montreal. We feature things to do and see around the
city. So if you are coming to Montreal make sure you.
check it out before coming here. Montreal was one of
the first cities to be founded in Canada and it was
founded by the French immigrants
In the past when you said I am Canadian, it means
I am French Canadian that is how that word came about
and now Canadian is everyone who is in Canada
Now we are all Canadian
Alright, we are exploring Old Town Montreal
where we are currently in, which you can tell
by the old buildings behind me. Montreal is actually
the third oldest city in Canada, or it might be the
the second, but its 374 years old, which is very old
considering Canada is not that old.
I am going to wonder though some of the streets and
check out some of the architecture because you don't
really see this in other parts of Canada. Maybe Quebec
city. And how you can tell is that red sign there
So the street signs actually turn to red and they have
really cook writing on them. Now you know.
It's actually kind of awesome considering that Canada
is actually 149 years old. Think about that.
Canada is 149 years old, Montreal is 374 years old
Montreal is older than Canada
Talking about the French...
Matt went to Paris. I did go to Paris.
And I was just saying that the architecture here is
very reminiscent of that, because its all stone buildings
and very nice architecture. Although Paris is nicer
Not that I don't like Montreal. (Its nice)
Hey Matt, guess what we are going to go do?
Something like play cards in a nice safe environment
It will be fun, It will be great. You will have the time of
your life. What could possibly go wrong?
Oh yea, famous last words.
One, two, three, go
How are you feeling? Not nearly as bad as I thought
Waiting was the worst part by far.
It was nothing. This coming from a guy who's afraid of
heights. Now the adrenaline is pumping. So not bad
for a zipline. Not bad. See I told you. Lets do it again
We did it.
Oh my, I love this.
I want you in my house forever.
So that is the mural for the festival.
It is also street art festival
every partner tells us what they are doing for the festival
Every year we bring 20 different artists
10 international artist and 10 local artists.
So we bring in the best of the best to come and paint
murals. And we represent street art from all over
the world. These are like cushiony pin...like look at these
that's crazy.
And there is one of my favorite walls from Montreal. He
is originally from Florida.
We have artists from all over the world.
All in this parking lot, which is fantastic
Like the world at your fingers.
I remember this guy. I don't know the name
of this artist, but when I was in Santiago in the arts
district...do you remember my Santiago vlog?
This guy. I don't know this artist, but the same dude.
Amazing work.
okay, brakes. We are learning.
Do you know what we are doing?
yea, yea, you were really scarred there.
I regret everything.
Never really rode a scooter before.
Don't really need a license for it.
What's the worst that could happen.
Wee. Slightly terrifying.
This is so much fun
So right now we are Viewpoint here at Mount Royal
which is the central park here in Montreal. Like
New York central park...Montreal central park
which so happens to be on a hill with this amazing view
of all of Montreal. And you can see the St Lawrence
river. On the far you can actually see New York state.
I decided to do an impromptu meetup here in Montreal
and I have all these amazing ladies that have come out
What is our favorite thing about Montreal or what is
your favorite things about travelling in general?
These two ladies have started an amazing organization
We started an organization to help the impoverished
Haitian children of Dominican Republic
Sparkes of Hope Summer Camp. And we run a summer
camp for two weeks down there. That is amazing
Not what I was doing when I was in grade 9
Hi. I love Montreal because there is always things to do
there is always people on the street and its never dead.
Its always fun. And I love our outfit. Its really fun and
Bohemian. Hi. My favorite thing in Montreal is the
summer festivals and everyone is always to happy
compared to winter I guess. And Ella, you are from
France, so what would you say to French people that
are thinking of visiting Montreal? Oh, you should
definitely go. They wont feel like they are French people
cause there is so many French speaking people here.
My favorite thing about Montreal is the definitely food.
Because I love the food. What exactly is it, is it
poutine or is it something else. Poutine. Oh yes, poutine
Candid camera
Oh my gosh, that is a lot of shows.
Another thing Montreal is very famous for is the
Just For Laughs festival or Just For Laughs in general
Now the festival itself is actually the largest
international comedy festival in the world.
And its taking place, right down there.
The festival runs about two weeks in July
and there are tons of the biggest names in comedy
that come in and they do amazing shows and they
do hosted line ups where they introduce smaller
comedians, and there is also like the off-JFL which is
like where comedians go to warm up, plus there is more
like quirkier shows. Its just a whole lot of things and I
an so excited because I always wanted to come to
Just For Laughs because its such a Canadian thing
We grew up with gags, we grew up with this comedy
world and like some of the best comedians now come
from Canada and the are the results of festivals and
Just For Laughs and the promotions they get from
performing in front of these crazy crowds here at the
festival. That is just so exciting and super cool. I am
going to give you a taste of what to expect here and we
are going to check out shows, and laughing and...
This is kind of like the main plaza area. As you see it is
filled up here and by the food trucks, which are all
equally as awesome
I don't know if you can hear, but that was a fantastic
show. I would say 80% of those comedians were
hilarious. A few weren't that funny. But I started lol-ing
laughing, this guy talked about exo skeletons, oh my
There were lots of lol's.
Back stage
One day....
...I shall never perform from here
So this is the Netflix after party
A few comedians just finished their show. Now they are
being bombarded by fans. We are staying far enough
away so we are not creepers, but close enough that
we can creep.