#le germain

[mariographique]

Couleurs et reflets / Colors and reflections par Mario Castonguay

Vue en contreplongée de l’hôtel Le Germain et autres gratte-ciels captée de l’avenue du Président-Kennedy

Low angle view of the Hotel Le Germain and other skyscrapers captured from Avenue du Président-Kennedy

[wittylittle]

Montréal is lush

[montrealmagique]

Hôtel Le Germain, rue Président-Kennedy

[workingonmoviemaps]

Orphan Black #410 “From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths”

In the season finale of Orphan Black, a new head of Brightborn arrises and Rachel makes a play for power over Neolution.

Rachel lands on the beach out front of Susan Duncan’s home at Scarborough Bluffs Park and later Cosima flees along the shore with Charlotte.

Dr. Van Lier is swarmed with reporters outside the Brightborn offices filmed at Le Germain Toronto Maple Leaf Square.

Dr. Van Lier heads around the side of the building to meet Krystal only to find Siobhan and Sarah waiting for him. This is behind the offices at 325 Front Street West near the train tracks.

I still need to identify the parking garage, juice bar, boardroom, Susan Duncan’s house, and the island woods.

[workingonmoviemaps]

Orphan Black #405 “Human Raw Material”

In this week’s episode of Orphan Black, Sarah takes a day to spend with Kira while Cosima and Donnie infiltrate Brightborn and try to keep Krystal from stumbling on the truth.

Cosima gets her game face on while giving Donnie undercover tips on Pearl Street just east of John.

Cosima and Donnie infiltrate Brightborn to find clues and are soon joined by Krystal. These areas were filmed on the 10th & 11th floors of Festival Tower above the TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Krystal enters the Brightborn building which is the Le Germain Toronto Maple Leaf Square.

Cosima sneaks into the lab level of Brightborn and spies on the experiments being conducted. This floor was filmed in the Michener Institute, previously seen when Olivier was treated after his tail was cut off in episode eight.

I still need to identify Krystal’s gym.

[krevard-du-75]

[daphnefong]

The last two weeks....

I haven't posted in 2 weeks since I've been away on vacation. First it was Latin convention and then it was Toronto. Both of them were awesome (yayyyy Latin kids) for different reasons. 

Nationals: I really am disappointed that I only got to attend one national convention. I can't even describe why it was so special....just, good friends, good times taking 4 tests a day (go SAT style testing!), bad sleeping quarters/food, great memories. I'm going to miss my Latin family so much. Wish I had started that sooner too...can't believe I spent two years in Spanish. Gah, Latin (as a class and high school experience) was so much better. 

Toronto: Niagara Falls, you are really pretty. And the Canadians are so nice. We had one taxi driver try to tell us that he wasn't charging us full cost of the ride because we said "Maple Leaf Square, Union Station" and he tried to drop us off on the wrong entrance of Union Station, and another tell us to forget gratuity and change because of traffic. Like traffic was really his fault. And he apologized for it many times.

Also, this hotel was so wonderful! Le Germain is now one of my favorite hotels. I like it significantly better than the Waldorf Astoria in NYC (decor in the Waldorf is luxurious but old, Le Germain is very modern) and only slightly less than the Benjamin (also in NYC). The Wynn in Las Vegas was about the same quality. The room we had was about 650 sqft, and a good chunk of that was the bathroom which stretched the length of the room. And it wasn't horribly expensive either. Also, free breakfast, tea/coffee all day or night long, apples, and wifi. I think my absolute favorite part (besides the wifi) was the Molton Brown bath set.