Montreal is a great city located in the French speaking provence of Quebec. Just a two hour drive from Burlington, Vermont, this is about as close as you can get to going to Europe without leaving North America.

Montreal is also an eater's paradise - some of the best food I have ever had has been in Montreal. If you don't believe us, as our Texas friend Joe, who swears his Sirloin at Le Keg was the best steak he's ever had. And you know a Texan wouldn't lie about good steak...

For a great hotel, check out the Alberge Pierre du Calvet, a working inn since 1725.

We recommend you visit their site for full information. http://www.pierreducalvet.ca/

We have stayed twice at this hotel, once by ourselves and another time we had three rooms for us and friends. Dinner here is a must - at our last visit in October of 2002, we even had a private, open fire dining room.