So far, winter has been insanely brutal. From temperatures being mostly -20 or lower, more snow than usual, it makes us miss the warmer weather even more. Although winter can be beautiful sometimes, so far it has been a disaster. With that said, here is a throwback to summer in Montreal, when this amazing city really shines. Looking at these photos makes me happy (and a little sad too) and makes me look forward to warmer weather asap.

A beautiful tree-lined street in St.Henri

Montreal electro parade was the first parade of its kind in North America. Tens of thousands of people saw 9 floats of various artists make their way downtown until Quartier des Spectacles. The festival was free and had people of all ages come downtown to dance and live it up.

During the parade, we marched and stopped in certain places while people were dancing in the streets, making it a walking dance festival.

It was pretty awesome seeing people on their balconies and nearby towers looking outside, dancing and watching the parade.

Making our way to Q.D.S where the headliners performed at night. Unfortunately, I have no pictures since things got very wild from this point onwards.

Open air art gallery in the Gay Village downtown, which was still there a couple of weeks ago.

Crew cafe in Old Montreal, located in the old RBC building is probably the most beautiful cafe in the world. The cafe is located in the lobby area and has workspaces, couches and is a great place to study/work or just to hang with friends.

Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral in downtown Montreal.

The ever impressive and imposing Sun Life Building in downtown Montreal. This building takes up one entire block and used to be the largest building in the British Empire (in terms of square footage). The building reaches 122M/400ft in height.

Square Dorchester in transition from Summer to Autumn.

A park located downtown right being St. Patricks Basilica. To the right, we see a crane for the Brix condo project, a 16-floor highrise. This park, unfortunately, might get downsized for a new 8-floor business school development from HEC. The project is still a proposal at this moment.

Finally, The Bell Telephone Building located on Rue Beaver Hall. The building measures at 96M/315ft in height and was constructed between 1927-1929.