Green Traveler: Ottawa, Canada

August 17, 2013 -- Canada's clean and friendly capital city of Ottawa, Ontario is green as well. This past summer I took a day trip to Canada's fourth-largest city from Montreal. I rode the Greyhound bus there and took the VIA Rail Canada back to Montreal.

Boarding the Bus: Montreal to Ottawa

August 17, 2013 -- Rising before sunrise, I walked the empty pre-dawn streets of Montreal to Gare d'autocars de Montréal (English: Montreal Coach Terminal). I was ready to take a Greyhound bus to Canada's capital city of Ottawa, Ontario.

Riding the Rails: Quebec City to Montreal

August 14, 2013 -- After a short two-day trip to Quebec City, it was back to Montreal so I woke up before dawn and walked from the hostel to the train station for a very early morning VIA Rail Canada train ride back to Montreal. I took some pictures of the historic train station and video departing a rainy Quebec City and crossing the St. Lawrence river into Montreal's train station.

Green Traveler: Quebec City

While Quebec City doesn't have the bicycling infrastructure that Montreal enjoys such as dedicated bike lanes and bicycle sharing, the city does have many local bikers amid the many tourists. Quebec City is part of the Green Road (Route Verte) bicycleway that traverses the province. There is a nice stretch of bike lane along the St. Lawrence River called the Corridor du Littoral.