Montreal waterfront, and the city viewed from Mont Royal

If London and Paris were to get it on, Montreal would be their lovechild. It is the best of both cities in a fairly compact size with a small mountain thrown in, all the better for viewing and admiring it all. It has the best of French bistro-style restaurants but with the open-mindednesss to have a myriad of world cuisines on the same streets. It has all the charm of old and cobblestoned streets and baroque-inspired architecture, yet has stylish new buildings in-keeping with the general feel of a city that knows its heritage yet embraces modernity. This is the most confident, classy and cool of Canadian cities. I love it.
What's more, you get to practice your French without being rubbished when you mess up. AND Quebec beer actually tastes good. Really good. AND it has oodles of lovely parkland overlooking the city, and mountains a few miles out where you can paraglide. AND it has an English speaking university that is world renowned and might just get me a better looking CV. AND it has just about won me over and convinced me that i want to come back and study here sometime - prior to emigrating to New Zealand of course. Dream on, dream on.....