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:Author: 		Tobias Schlitt
:Date:			Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:00:29 +0100
:Revision: 		2
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Canada - First impressions
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:Description:
    As promised, I start writing a bit about my Canada trip to the PHP Quebec
    Conference 2005.

As promised, I start writing a bit about my Canada trip to the `PHP Quebec
Conference 2005`__.

.. __: http://conf.phpquebec.com/

I arrived yesterday at abou 11:00 a.m. at the Montreal airport, after a
journey of about 12 hours (I first had to go to Frankfurt by plane and then
from there to Montreal, the flight to CA lasted about 8 hours). The weather
here wasn't really good, mostly fog and rain, so my first impressions of this
country were mostly grey in grey as you can see below, in a picture taken out
of the airplane window:

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.. |image_1| image:: /applications/gallery/albums/php_quebec_2005/aaa.thumb.jpg

After taking a little trip with Damien, who had to buy some stuff for the
conference, we collected Christoph from the airport and then went to the
`Hotel`__. The hotel is pretty old, but really good. Located in a huge tower,
I'm residing on the 18th floor with a pretty nice view onto Montreal, what I
discovered this morning, when the weather got much better.

.. __: http://www.cpmontreal.com/

|image_2|

.. |image_2| image:: /applications/gallery/albums/php_quebec_2005/abd.thumb.jpg

After having breakfast I'm now working on my slides for the PEAR workshop I'll
be giving tomorrow. Sadly I did not manage to finish them prior to coming
here, because I moved my home from Darmstadt to Dortmund. When I'm finished
with that (about noon, I guess), I will go downtown to collect some more
Canadian impressions.

You can see my first photos from CA `here`__. More will follow soon.

.. __: /applications/gallery/php_quebec_2005


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- Jason Lotito at Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:29:35 +0200

  Welcome to Montreal!  Yeah, yesterday wasn't a pleasant day, but after all
  the snow we've been getting lately, rain was a welcomed sight.

  But today is turning out to be nice, and the weather reports look good for
  the rest of the week.

  Anyways, welcome to Montreal, and welcome to Canada.

  * This welcome message has been brought to you by an American living happily
  in Montreal.

- Sean at Tue, 29 Mar 2005 18:53:48 +0200

  True, yesterday was pretty nasty, but at least it was warm.

  Too bad you missed Sunday -- it was warm AND sunny. Nicest day of the year,
  so far.

  Welcome, and see you on Thursday.

  S