Between early September and mid-October, Canada changes color. This immense country, half of which is icebound, boasts some of the world’s most extensive natural forests in its southern regions, consisting of trees such as oak, fir, and pine, as well as countless birch, beech, and maples. The maple, in particular, is so common in Canada […]
North American lakes, as we know, are truly “inland seas”. They are so vast that from one shore you can’t see the other. They compete for record with other, much larger lakes, such as the Caspian Sea in Asia, Lake Baikal, and Lake Victoria in Africa. Yet the record we are talking about is […]
The name sounds like the title of a children’s movie, but it’s actually the name of one of America’s most famous ski resorts, located 125 km north of Vancouver, Canada. In fact, Whistler and Blackcomb are the names of two twin mountains that rise far above this resort’s 670 meters above sea level altitude. Situated […]
Québec is the capital of the province of the same name, the only French-speaking region in Canada and the second most populous in the country after the province of Ontario. Arriving here is like living on a different planet, with a landscape and a series of customs typical American but lived with the European spirit […]
The metropolis of Montreal (also written Montréal) is the second largest city in Canada and the largest French-speaking city in the American continent. Its internationality, however, extends beyond the “small world” of the province of Quebec, to which it belongs: in fact, Montreal has a double soul, French and international. Light and water are the […]
