My First Time Leaving the U.S. (I Visited Montreal!)

In this video I document my experience traveling out of the country for the first time, and spending a month in Canada. Join me on my adventures around Montreal and Quebec City!
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[@vincentrochette3907]

As a Montrealer I really hope you enjoyed Montreal and honoured that you chose Montreal as your first destination outside of the USA.

[@patrickhundley1203]

I know someone who lives there and they were going on their own trip and asked if I wanted to stay at their place while they were gone, so it sort of chose me, but I'm so glad it did!

[@CanadianHorseFace]

@@patrickhundley1203 it's the best way to do it, instead of living in a hotel. I lived in MTL for 10 years. I understand the attraction to the city, but living there was a nightmare. 99% of Canada is woods, lake, peace and quiet. That's why i live for.

[@monichat]

@@patrickhundley1203 Did you take care of their cat ???????

[@patrickhundley1203]

@monichat yes indeed

[@tuduermestrop8474]

SI tu étais vraiment de Montreal, t'aurais écrit ton commentaire en français :p

[@MrLuchenkov]

As a Quebecois, I must say: -->Five words reviews of main tourist attractions -->Professing his love of poutine over 45 seconds, mentioning it could fix all of Earth's problems. My man.

[@clairemercier3969]

Je suis Montréalaise (born and bred) et j'en ai marre qu'on fasse TOUJOURS la corrélation Montréal - Poutine (surtout que ce nom ... enfin). Very few Montrealers actually eat 'poutine' -- but I guess it's the same elsewhere -- quoique je sais (je les ai vus) que les Romains mangent de leur divine 'gelato' très très très souvent. Enfin ... Poutine et Gelato ... on ne parle pas de la même chose bien sûr!

[@MrLuchenkov]

@@clairemercier3969 Maybe your circle actually despises poutine as a low-brow dish - and there is some truth to it - but it is very popular in Montreal and the rest of Quebec as well. It's not only a "tourist" food, by any means.

[@gabrielgingras814]

@@clairemercier3969 Tu me niaise ou t'es complètement dans le champ?! If I didn't care about my diet and money, I would eat Benny's poutine au poulet several times a week!

[@Syls1989]

​ @clairemercier3969 Il y a une raison pourquoi toutes les chaines de resto fast-food au Québec ont de la poutine sur leur menu et ce n’est pas parce que ça ce vent pas… Ce n’est pas parce que ta petite bulle personnelle n’en mange pas que c’est le cas pour tout Montréal.

[@emiriebois2428]

Cette bulle est partagée par des milliers de personnes

[@dodlido]

Merci pour ta visite chez nous. You are most welcome to come back and visit us again in the future.

[@patrickhundley1203]

I definitely plan on it!

[@MrShene123]

I'm Calgarian and I would say Montreal is the coolest city in Canada. JFL Festival and the F1 are awesome.

[@rulinghabs]

You forgot the Jazz festival.

[@ktowniecity7269]

there are a ton of festivals all year round@@rulinghabs igloofest and nuits d'afrique are a few of my favourites

Beautiful video! So happy you enjoyed your time here, come back soon!

[@patrickhundley1203]

I definitely do want to come back!

[@Aleks_Ovski416]

From Toronto, but so glad you did this! I love Montreal! Beautiful, and vibrant city! Its also an Island! Keep on seein the world buddy!

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you! I love Montreal now too!

[@paulcarfantan6688]

I am glad that you discovered the eight wonder of the world known as "poutine". Congratulations young man, congratulations.

[@GabrielWood-tg7qr]

Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love 💚 , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Gabriel Wood from Nashville, Tennessee where are you from if I may ask?❤ l love you so much.

[@jeremy1350]

Greetings from Montreal. You made a wise choice in making Montreal your first journey outside the U.S. I'm glad you enjoyed our city as well. There are special poutine restos that only serve a multitude of different Poutine. If the ones you had blew your mind, then be prepared on your next visit. Summers are best, Festival Season. Hopefully, you will return again in the future.

[@dcorman2350]

But nothing beat a poutine during a freezing cold day in february 😅

[@patrickhundley1203]

You have an awesome city, I'm going to make sure I come back someday!

[@bryanmorand1948]

En tant que Montréalais je suis heureux que tu aies passé un bon moment ! As a Montrealer I'm happy you had a great time ! Really like your video !

[@patrickhundley1203]

Merci! Thank you!

[@VictorEMusique]

Another Montrealer here to tell you that you did a great job representing our city! There is so much more to see! A hockey game at the Bell Center, the Olympic stadium, a tennis match at Jarry Park and of course smoked meat!!! (First smoked meat THEN .... smoked meat poutine.... yes it is as wonderful as it sounds)

[@patrickhundley1203]

I'll have to add those to my list of things to do whenever I get to go there again!

[@fredklein3829]

Don't forget to plant your gravy for harvest during gravy season!

[@strangersmith9320]

As a Montrealer I gotta say man, you're right about poutine. Best noms in existence!! Glad you enjoyed my city man, really warms my heart to see people enjoying my hometown :)

[@terrygelinas4593]

Canada has amazing, liveable cities!

[@patrickhundley1203]

I wish we would learn a thing or two about that down here in the U.S.

[@walterego126]

I know both Montreal and Quebec City well and visit them as often as I can. It was very interesting to hear about them from the point of view of a first time tourist. This was a nice video. Thanks.

[@janicemackie611]

The best time to be in Montreal is in July when it comes alive with 142 outdoor concerts and festivals..a unique vibe no other city has is the people..out in the streets dancing, playing music and just having a great time…

[@Amkontos]

If you loved Montreal in May you should visit end of June to mid October....first off, all the festivals week after week and the fall colours are something to experience :D

[@patrickhundley1203]

Oooo I would love to see the fall colors!

[@peteralbert1485]

@@patrickhundley1203 I second this recommendation! The hike up Mt Royal & the train ride to Quebec City is even more spectacular in October.

[@ktowniecity7269]

The fall is the best!@@patrickhundley1203

[@jeanbolduc5818]

Thanks for visiting Montreal .a UNESCO design city like Berlin ... you should come during summer ... it is like New Yorld city with festivals , fun and hot weather ( 90 f)

[@GabrielWood-tg7qr]

Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love 💚 , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Gabriel Wood from Nashville, Tennessee where are you from if I may ask?❤ l love you so much.

[@penelop96]

Dude ! At 13:27, the shot of the old bridge with the sunset in the background; you were passing through my hometown of Drummondville.

[@cassiopee26]

Loved your ode to poutine 😄 Have you tried it in different flavors? Like with smoked meat, Portuguese chicken & merguez, etc? So happy you took the time to go to Quebec city as well; people often go just to Montreal, but miss one of the best part of our Belle Province with Quebec city! So glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@patrickhundley1203]

I got some poutine with bacon, I think that's the one i had during my ode. I think I liked Montreal better, but it was really cool to see Quebec City!

[@gabrielgingras814]

@@patrickhundley1203 The good old reliable for me is the Benny restaurant poutine au poulet, with shredded chicken. I also got often a sweet potatoes poutine with extra chipotle sauce while I was working at A&W's.

[@mozar5175]

The new REM (réseau express métropolitain) just opened today and you should try it next time you visit the city. I am a 60 year old Montrealer and one thing I like about the city is the bike trails. Next time you visit I will be glad to show you the trail that goes from old Montreal all the way to lake St-Louis or the one from St-Lambert to Varennes. These trails are beautiful. You can also take a shuttle on the St-Laurence river on one of the Navark shuttles.

[@patrickhundley1203]

I was really hoping the REM would open while I was there, it seems like a really cool project, but unfortunately I was there too early.

[@magpiegreen5127]

WOW! Absolutely breathtaking dude!!! Those Timelapses were stunning and you did such a great job of capturing the best Montreal had to offer! Great job my dude!!

[@patrickhundley1203]

Ayyyy you watched it!

[@magpiegreen5127]

Of course!@@patrickhundley1203

[@sergio164164]

This guy is an Artist . Waiting hours even at night for the perfect picture gives impressonant result . He is passionate in is love for scenery and trasmit is entousiame to other . KUDO

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you for the kind words! My favorite part of seeing new places is having new things to take pictures and videos of!

[@laupert9021]

Glad to hear you enjoyed Montreal! Montreal was love at first sight for me and hopefully my future home. There is no place like it on the North American continent.

[@elizabethheyenga9277]

I'm headed there to join my adult son in 2024. The winters look rough but I like to snow shoe and cross country, gotta embrace it and get good gear

[@Xaw13]

I easily fall in love of cities I visit as a tourist, but Montréal is also such a great city to live in ❤ Glad you enjoyed your time here!

[@tysonb3568]

I live in NYC, Montreal is my fave city outside of New York. The shopping, the creative people, its awesome.

[@eartraffic]

The "Mountain" is Mount Royal. French: "Mont Royal" Say it fast: Montreal :) I agree on your take about Poutine as well.

[@blueolives7649]

Very nice motion picture! You made a record of history for Montreal during summer 2023

[@kevinn1158]

Poutine and bagels in Montreal. Smoked meat....ok they have a lot of great restaurants. Glad you enjoyed Montreal! I live in Downtown Toronto and I love going to Montreal. Going to see the Habs play is an event too. Although they haven't been so great lately. Come on Habs!!

[@rubydawn1]

Montreal is so fun to walk around love the older areas of our city I love Halifax Nova Scotia also. The thing I love about Montreal is when I hear people speaking a mixture of English and French

[@patrickhundley1203]

Halifax is somewhere on my bucket list for travel at some point

[@rubydawn1]

@@patrickhundley1203 Newfoundland is the place I would love to visit.

[@dcorman2350]

Nice vid. Great time lapse from the Jacques Cartier bridge. You spent a lot of time on St-Helen island… but indeed the skyline is great from there. I wish you showed what the poutine looked like 😅. Every small fast food shack are claiming they have the best one. And yes, we’re still baffled as why this dish is not mainstream in the US !!

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you! I think that specific poutine was with bacon in it from Quebec Deli, next to the Jarry Orange Line station.

[@anthonyfusco9768]

I hope you enjoyed my hometown. Looks like you hit some pretty sweet spots in the city. I agree, Poutine does rock!

[@OdinWannaBe]

Amazing video my man, From a Québécois ! ps: amazing cinematography too on some of your shot. Magnifique

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thanks!

[@bobgomez9249]

Dude remember that poutine as it was, what you had there was a real poutine. Even we (Quebequers) make modifications to the recipe sometimes but a real poutine is cheese, fries and gravy and it will always be the best. I am baffled that you managed to find things to do in Montreal for a full month, I guess that's the sign of a true traveler, you must be a natural. Hope you had a couple nights out at the bar and got a chance to meet some of us as well during your trip, I would say most of us are really good people. Cheers

[@Nabee_H]

5:44 We can tell you're american by the way you describe people who ride public transport haha; taking the bus is very normal and in fact its quite the opposite here. Most people who take the bus are young working individuals in the city! No shame in it!!! On the contrary older retired people are usually in their cars driving themselves places. Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Vancouver and even some places in the middle of nowhere have Public Transport systems. I visited Mont-Tremblant and they had a bus system as well!

[@mariaauxiliadoradebarros6461]

Lindo vídeo !!! Tem paisagens muito caprichadamente escolhidas e de fato esta Cidade tem locais bastante interessantes e belíssimos . É notório que seus habitantes são bem humorados, esperadamente civilizados, além de naturalmente simpáticos !!!

[@realmccoy18]

i'm glad you enjoyed our fair city.

[@compncv]

If you get the chance, come back in the Fall (end of September/beginning of October). The parks and the Mont-Royal are in full colour.

[@patrickhundley1203]

I'd love to see the fall colors!

[@faithandfreedom]

Ah Montréal ma belle! Montréal is a wonderful and vibrant city with its French culture and amazing history! Montréal is by far I would say, one of the best cities to visit in North America!

[@dihydrotestosterone]

Nicely done! I'm from Sherbrooke Québec and your video made me appreciate more the city of Montreal, you're right about poutine! 😂😅😂

[@saddog8370]

Man your rant on poutine killed me 😂. You picked the perfect city for your first trip!

[@GoWestYoungMan]

One of my favourite cities in the world. Love time spent in Montreal.

[@alaingadbois2276]

Great video! Glad you enjoyed your visit and your photography is excellent! The Biosphere was the US pavilion during Expo’67.

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you!

[@alexitanguay]

Happy you enjoyed!

[@joeypolisena]

Loved seeing streets I drive on here. Happy you enjoyed your time here.

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thanks!

[@TardifSebastien]

I really enjoyed your time line videos and lovely photos. Great vlog about Montreal and great commentary. Keep going!

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

[@jacquelynjones6364]

Great video, glad to see the Metro and Bixis (bike rentals) treated you well. Montreal is a great city

[@patrickhundley1203]

I love places that it's not inconvenient to go car free, and Montreal checked all the boxes easily

[@sehnbadt]

I really enjoyed watching your video. I ma glad that you had a great time in Québec.

[@josephjulien3617]

You are welcome back anytime glad you enjoyed yourself 😉👊🏿🙏🏿 from Montreal 🇨🇦

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you!

[@underated17]

Beautiful video! As a Canadian I really enjoyed this about one of the most charming cities! One of my brothers' studied in Montreal. I live outside of Toronto. I really found the part about the poutine original and funny! The poutine tastes much better in Montreal than the poutine I have tried in Ontario though. And you poked the milk bag haha!

[@namja833]

sweet vlog, very informative!

[@BrianBaileyedtech]

Great video! I lived in Montreal for awhile in 2021 - loved it!

[@ItsGormey]

I really enjoyed this video man ! Great job !

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed!

[@CrossOfBayonne]

Same here, I did this back in August 2019 with my mother

[@martinhudon8337]

You did a good video and some great shots.👍 Mtl is always a good bet to venture out of the country a first time. Keep going!

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you!

[@bernardvezina-gagnon24]

I hope you went out to bar / club , the night life here is insane. You made me appreciate my city by the long shot from day to night , really well done !

[@poutinenator]

Kudos for a first-time traveler! You are so well-documented Your videos and pictures are magnificent. You captured the essence of living in Montreal (and left out the annoyances, like construction cones and trash). Your video of Jean-Talon station, the bridges, the islands, the Belvedere by the footpath, ... means that you explored a lot of corners of Montreal, something that many Montrealers have never done. Thank you for visiting us! I am a Quebecer who grew up in Montreal. What do you have in store on your day trip to Quebec? Looking forward to see it.

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@SchnuffiJames]

Thank you for visiting Canada hope you had fun. As a home sick Canadian living abroad thanks. Come back.

[@GabrielWood-tg7qr]

Hello, I hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness, prosperity, love 💚 , and peace all over the world 🌏. I would love us to be good friends in honesty and in trust so as time goes on it will bring something great for us in the future, hope you don't mind? I'm Gabriel Wood from Nashville, Tennessee where are you from if I may ask?❤ l love you so much.

[@EJ0h]

Fantastic video! Glad you enjoyed Mtl :)

[@mgm661]

Pretty cool experience, you did everything right ✅️

[@ctalcantara1700]

Fantastic travel video!

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you!

[@gregorydamienmech]

Most excellent!

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you!

[@BaconNationChannel]

Thanks for visiting! Come back again :)

[@Masterpiece4590]

walkable cities are the best. Montreal Je t’aime

[@patrickhundley1203]

Love walkable cities

[@jwaller311]

An accomplished photographer... Congratulations for your photo essay. | un photographe chevronné, et un document photographique réussi !

[@mariechantalg]

Glad you enjoyed our city

[@Lightcity09]

Nice video! Poutine is a must! It should be more expanded outside Quebec. This is a fast food dish a lot of American people would really like to eat.

[@OdinWannaBe]

USA would for sure like it

[@dmnddog7417]

@@OdinWannaBe Some restaurants in Chicago serve it, mostly pubs, since it's a hearty pub-type of food.

[@sammydavis8722]

I like your time lapse videography, and the use of music throughout. I understand what you mean when you say there's not much to do in old Montreal (there's a lot of tourist trap), but I cannot totally agree. There is a science museum right by the Saint Lawrence River. There is also an archaeology & history museum, which I'll visit again in a couple of days.

[@patrickhundley1203]

Thank you! I'll have to check out those places next time I'm there!

[@jun-liliu5126]

Thank you for your love of our Montreal! Amazing photography, artistical presentations everywhere you go. Parc Mont-Royal is not safe after dark, though.

[@27pugsly]

Wow even at 3am looks super safe ! 😮😊I love Montreal

[@ayzix-polytopia3854]

Depends on where. Crackheads are swarming some neighborhoods

[@steddiesteps]

Thanks for the video, I want to visit Montreal next year.

[@patrickhundley1203]

Hope you're able to, you'll have a great time!

[@caractacuspottsAZ]

Great video! I hadn’t been to Montreal 4 years due to the pandemic. The metro trains are brand new…do they still have rubber tires? Only other one I’ve seen was the Mexico City subway. Anyway, there are sites out there where people offer their places for house- and pet-sitting so you can go away for long periods of time without worrying about lodging. Something to look into as you get into doing more travel abroad!

[@alexandrep6923]

Hello from Montréal. Yes, they are still with rubber tires.

[@poutinenator]

A few lines in Paris are with rubber tires. Montreal and Mexico City bought the technology when they built their subway system. The decision makers (back in the 60s) say that they are quieter and have better acceleration.

[@patrickhundley1203]

I was actually pet sitting for someone i knew! I also thought the rubber tires were strange on the metro, it made a lot of noise when they were going fast, but the trains were really nice otherwise!

[@adriancampbell8310]

Good video. For Attractions you missed La Rhonde. Safe travels.

[@patrickhundley1203]

I went in the spring and La Ronde opened the weekend I left, I really wanted to go.

[@Kwolf1]

Ahaha the poutine rant was great! And true! I have been having it too much lately i need to stop 😄

[@patrickhundley1203]

It's so good! I miss it so much being back in the US now!

[@alainbellemare2168]

There is also a good view from the olympic stadium observation deck

[@grazynawolska8160]

Hope you come back! Montreal is great!

[@andre_p]

So many interesting moments in your video, and so many comments ! Not sure if you knew, but the Biosphere that appears at the beginning and end (the metallic sphere with violet lighting) used to be the US pavilion in the 1967 World Exposition (Expo 67). Designed by R. Buckminster Fuller, it is one of the few original pavilions still standing. It was ceded to the city by President Lyndon Johnson.

[@patrickhundley1203]

I had read that! I wish there was more stuff left over from expo 67

[@noahyvr3739]

awesome video. i come to montreal every year but when i miss it i watch vlogs, and this one is great :)

[@patrickhundley1203]

Glad you liked it!

[@martinchagnon1119]

As a Quebecois , i traveled across all the province and the Québec city region is the most beautiful place of the province Charlevoix region 40 minutes north , La Beauce 30 minutes east Laurentien park north ouest , Jacques- Cartier park , stonham region ( hollywood went there for TV series . So many things to see there ...

[@clee666]

Bienvenue à Montréal! Great footages and beautiful pictures! How did you discover all the hidden gems for pictures? I'm glad you enjoyed your visit!

[@patrickhundley1203]

I spent a lot of time on instagram and reddit looking at other people's photos and figuring out where they were for some of mine, but there was a good portion i just happened to stumble upon. I kept my camera with me the whole time since I was constantly finding beautiful shots!

Loved the rant about poutine. I was dying of laughter. Because it's true!

[@lynndenault8198]

It doesn't sound like you knew much about Canada before. Hope you enjoyed.

[@adamgrey411]

I live on the south shore across from Montreal, I love seeing places I've been in the video, it's sorta like deja vu 😁

[@photon72]

Wow! At 6:07 you kinda look like a young Richard Seguin. (A famous signer in Quebec.) I liked your video. Glad you enjoyed my city!

[@unpseudopourcesiecle]

ouhhh ! so glad you had a nice time over here ! ... great great comment about poutine !!!

[@alittlebitgone]

Only an American who has never left the US would categorize themselves as someone who loves to travel. ;)

[@normlor]

YOU MUST TRY "MONTREAL" SMOKED MEAT AT ANY GOOD PLACE LIKE NICKELS OR SCHWARTZ AND MANY OTHER GREAT PLACES. ALSO POUTINE AND OUR FAMOUS BEGALS!

[@GHOSTVAPOR]

Nice video. I am also a photographer. And go all the time. Totally my favorite city in north america. Hey. Note the mountain is one of the largest Necropol in the world. So full of Ghosts ......oh and montreal got crazy architecture and some sick. Subway stations . one of the only city. With this much Art. Maybe the only rival is san fran

[@granthoule]

Ok. Now I'm homesick. Haven't been home in 5 years. Great video.

[@lakehart]

Merci beaucoup! Montreal se ma mason de 45 anne, je t'ame beacoup! (1960 to 2005)

[@TheNewfoundout]

Wow you really love poutine, I agree with you it’s culinary heaven

[@arcueid980able]

Glad you enjoyed cone ville lol

[@Wilem35]

Great choice!

[@Fubar2024]

Awesome city. Dont get to go there often enough as i live in Alberta.

[@cjseckinger8796]

Did you take in a show of Cirque du Soleil? I noticed the tent in the Old Port. All their shows are worth it.

[@Lumin0us7]

7:30, good we got him boys.. honorary Canadian right there.

[@patrickhundley1203]

That is the greatest thing I've been called

[@OCON.]

Its so funny to see you walking there at night, I (Safely) Speed up all that way since I live there and its always a thrill there's bumpy ass roads after the steep next to mcgill and then its just a straight ZOOOOOOM

[@OCON.]

and you order a my favourite poutine, that stuff from poutineville is damn insane bacon and extra cheese extra gravy go crazy

[@danyfilion6024]

Please tell me you had a smoke meat sandwich at Schwartz's, great video, the time lapses are great!!!!

[@mariehdesroches191]

OMG the self-cleaning restroom! 😮 Where was it exactly? We need those in Quebec City too, because there are not enough public restrooms.

[@patrickhundley1203]

It was along the waterfront near old Montreal I think. Quebec City was the first place I've been with coed public restrooms, I thought i went in the wrong restroom at first😂

[@mlu007]

There are a couple of them around town. One is on rue de la Commune and St-Gabriel, the other one is on rue Berri at Place Émilie-Gamelin.

[@nasc.1192]

The same that you find in Paris (which are called "les sanisettes") but much much more cleaner than in Paris

[@RobertFantinatto]

Good for you for travelling outside your country, everyone should do it as often as they can. I'd suggest Berlin for your next trip!

[@thibod07]

🤣🤣🤣! You seem to like poutine! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I don’t blame you it is amazing! 🤣🤣🤣 for the botanical garden your opinion about it would change if you talked to any of the cool gardeners maintaining it. Yes the round about on the bicycle path is very unique as I recognized it right away. There is only one. 🤣🤣🤣 very good video! Well done. When you come back to Montreal make sure that you go to China town for dim sum while listening to Leonard Cohen music. If you like winter Montreal is very nice to visit during winter.