The Old Montreal Castle & Suites / Chateau Vieux Montreal

Chateau Vieux Montre/The Old Montreal Castle & Suites.  Nice name and nice place to stay while in Montreal.  Just so you know this is a luxury type of accommodation, were talking at least 400 per night.

They also have some pretty nice services you can take advantage of as well.  Imagine having your own personal chef, massages and of course beauty treatments for that special lady in your life.

Montreal is known as the European city of North America and in Europe there are castles so why not have one here in Montreal.  And, why not make it a place to stay and enjoy the Old Montreal area.

Got a cool blog, site on the web or interesting spot in Montreal.  Send an email to me and I will put a link to it here on Mixed nuts.  The email address is candidconverstions@hotmail.com.  The email address is also your link to Candid Conversations a blog that features stories from people around the world check out the blog and if you want to share your story that way send an email to candidconversations@hotmail.com.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cliff T.

Train Blogs

On Facebook I have been playing Trainstation.  A game that allows users to create trains and run them.  Steam, diesel, electric and maglev are all parts of the TS universe.

I am sort of a train buff, though I am more of a fan of the subway systems like Toronto's and Montreal's.  Still I ventured out on to the net and found some blogs about trains that may interest you.

Confessions of a Train Geek.  Author Steve Boyko, features articles and photographs of trains. a very well established blog that has been online since 2005.

Railroaded.  The pun is intentional, as this blog highlights the issue of accountability or lack of when it comes to how goods like oil are transported via rail.  The blog points out that in many cases communities are not even made aware of what is going on with respect to train routing, or what is in rail yards across Canada.

http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.ca in a word different.  This blog details a trip made by a guy named Helmut, from Vienna to Pyongyang.  Brave very brave.  Check it out.

Google has the scoop on blogs rail related the search I used to find these 3, railway blogs.

Enjoy

C. T.

Web Gallery of Art

I am sure many of those reading this post know that lately in many places across the U.S. and Canada there has been shall we say a deep freeze.

That makes activity choices a little more smaller especially for parents of young children.  An activity like going to an art gallery would normally be curtailed in such cold weather, but thanks to the Internet parents and those interested in the arts can now take in fine art.

Dozens of galleries are now connected to the net and they offer a way to view what is on display at the gallery.  Some even go a step further and have an online exhibition site.

While searching for something to post here I looked at the Still Cool site and noted that a site called the Internet Art Gallery was not active.  To the Google search bar and a quick search term on the keyword online art galleries and I came up with a nice list.

I decided to click on to http://www.wga.hu and the Web Gallery of Art loaded up.  Nice site, it features a large collection.

The Web Gallery of Art is a virtual museum and searchable database of Western (European) fine arts of the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism periods (1000-1900), currently containing over 33.300 reproductions. - From the Front page of the site

I will be the first to admit that I have no clue about things art related.  That said, it is still a good idea to promote the arts and in particular those from human history.  I hope you find the site interesting.

A blog, site, something about Montreal that you want to share?  Post a comment with the link and I will take a peek and if it makes the grade, you'll get a notable note.  Thanks for dropping by.

Cliff T.