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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 5256654" data-attributes="member: 7883">Carleton has a beautiful campus.  I went to University of Ottawa instead, because of my specialty, but Carleton by far had the prettier campus.  And it's nice, because the campus is right next to the Canal.As to the transportation issues Gillaume mentions, he is correct.  My gaming group had troubles with this.  The city transportation system can be somewhat unreliable....particularly in later hours.  I know some of the guys in my group lived in Gatineau, and could be on the bus for over an hour, and in the evenings, couldn't always get a bus ride back without long waits.  I *think* part of the problem was getting the transfer from STO to OC Transpo later in the day.  That having been said, I'm not afraid of walking.  There are several bridges between the two cities, and if you don't mind hoofing it, you can easily get from one to the other.  It's a little slower.....but most transfers are at the Rideau Center, I think, and, when it comes down to it, that's really not very far from one of the main bridges (MacDonald-Cartier?).  The one by the National Gallery.  One of the nice things about walking the bridge, particularly in the evenings, is that you get to see Parliament Hill lit up, and it's quite a nice sight.Actually, speaking of doing it on foot, when I was at the University of Ottawa, an excellent way of getting around was to bring inline skates/roller blades with you.  No worries about a bike lock getting cut, and easier to carry around.  The distance from Carleton to downtown is probably about 5 km, and it really doesn't take long on skates.  I used to skate from Hog's Back to downtown on a regular basis, and that distance was 7 km each way.  It's a beautiful trip, along the water, doesn't take very long, and it more pleasant than being on a crowded bus.  I used to do that, and then when I got to campus, or the Rideau Center or whatever, I'd just take my shoes out of my backpack, throw the skates on a strap, and keep going.  Ottawa has a pretty decent set of bike trails.  You can probably get from one end of the city to the other about 40 km away, entirely on bike trails.  One gentleman I know, actually cross country skis on those trails during the winter to get to work every day.  About 30 km each way.I think your girlfriend is going to love Quebec City.  IMO, it's one of the most beautiful cities in North America.  Particularly if you like European style cities, with old architecture, fortifications, a military citadel, etc.  Myself, I prefer beautiful old stonework over modern architecture, a lot of the time.  I try to go every year or two during the summer.  And the people are super friendly.There are so many things I'd do differently if I was 19 and looking at Universities and knew then what I know now <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  I think Quebec City and Paris would have been two cities I'd have really considered including on my list of applications.A fantastic restaurant we love in the old city is called "Aux Anciens Canadiens".  It's built in one of the oldest remaining buildings in Quebec.  It's an old stone house built in 1640, and the the food is all traditional French Canadian and Native affair.  Expensive, but it's a favourite with my wife and I, as we go there for a meal whenever we go back to the city.If she's in Quebec City, then the whole thing with car pooling with other students will definitely work.Banshee</blockquote>

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