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Old Apr 9th 2009, 11:22 pm
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This is probably a lazy kind of question: what’s the equivalent of the London A-Z of Montreal and where do I get in quick after I land (in airport?) If not in what kind of shops...or what’s the equivalent of WHSMITH in Montreal
Which street guide would you recommend?

I need the street guide quickly next day (don’t ask why, I dont want to look too stupid in McGill Ghetto,oops)


Thank you
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Old Apr 9th 2009, 11:28 pm
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This is probably a lazy kind of question: what’s the equivalent of the London A-Z of Montreal and where do I get in quick after I land (in airport?) If not in what kind of shops...or what’s the equivalent of WHSMITH in Montreal
Which street guide would you recommend?

I need the street guide quickly next day (don’t ask why, I dont want to look too stupid in McGill Ghetto,oops)


Thank you
Hasn't google / mapquest etc. etc. put London A-Z out of business by now?

And the equivalent of WH Smith in Montreal is called a bookshop or bibliotheque, ca depend.
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Old Apr 9th 2009, 11:30 pm
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yes but i dont walk with a laptop, do I? I mean you still need print in life , dont you dear?

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Hasn't google / mapquest etc. etc. put London A-Z out of business by now?
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Old Apr 9th 2009, 11:33 pm
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I believe in Canada they call them "maps", crazy. You can buy them in most petrol stations (or gas stations to use the local lingo), book shops, tourist shops, airports etc.
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yes but i dont walk with a laptop, do I? I mean you still need print in life , dont you dear?
What? You don't actually have an iPhone?
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Nope, is it the norm now? Hope I dont get arrested .......walking around without an IPhone

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What? You don't actually have an iPhone?
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This is probably a lazy kind of question: what’s the equivalent of the London A-Z of Montreal and where do I get in quick after I land (in airport?) If not in what kind of shops...or what’s the equivalent of WHSMITH in Montreal
Which street guide would you recommend?

I need the street guide quickly next day (don’t ask why, I dont want to look too stupid in McGill Ghetto,oops)


Thank you
Chapters bookstore on St Catherine Street. Not far from the McGill ghetto.
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Originally Posted by zalaben
Chapters bookstore on St Catherine Street. Not far from the McGill ghetto.
No offence meant but if you go around asking such ambiguous questions as you did on this thread ..... you might not get the specific answers that you ask for.
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Wrong quote in reply -apologies to Zalaben.
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Default Re: Give a man a fish or teach him to fish?

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This is probably a lazy kind of question: what’s the equivalent of the London A-Z of Montreal and where do I get in quick after I land (in airport?) If not in what kind of shops...or what’s the equivalent of WHSMITH in Montreal
Which street guide would you recommend?

I need the street guide quickly next day (don’t ask why, I dont want to look too stupid in McGill Ghetto,oops)


Thank you
The Canadian equivalent of the A-Z mapbooks are 'Street Guides' published by MapArt Publishing

The Montreal guide is:
http://www.mapart.com/store/merchant...catid=2&step=4
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