Montréal, Yssingeaux, & Copenhagen in 35mm

December was a whirlwind of a month, and somehow in between all the packing, unpacking, and running to catch flights, I lost a roll of film from my stay in Lyon. It is most likely wedged in a cobblestone on Rue de la Something or Other, but I still have hope that this precious roll of Kodak is in my apartment somewhere, waiting to be found. Until then - if then ever happens - here are some photos of Montréal, Yssingeaux, and Copenhagen (and a few randoms of Toronto).

A love lock display in the Distillery District.

An epic man bun in progress.

Morning coffee at Moustache Café on Rue Beaubien in Montreal.

A delicious IPA at Dieu du Ciel!

Claude Cormier's Lipstick Forest.

Our flat in Mile End.

Snowy Yssingeaux.

Pastries from P. Liotier Patisserie.

One of the many Christmas Markets in Copenhagen.

Picturesque Nyhavn.

Yssingeaux

Bonjour, Yssingeaux!

Pronounced "ee-san-jo", Yssingeaux is a small town located in the Auvergne/Haute-Loire region of south-central France. A twenty minute drive from the nearest train station and a two-hour train ride from Lyon, Yssingeaux has a population of just over 6,000 people. Last October, my sister relocated to this small town to work at the P. Liotier Patisserie through a semester abroad with her baking school in Toronto. After two months of learning how to create the perfect petit four, it was time for her to return home - but not without a visit from her sister.

Although I was in Yssingeaux this past summer, I did not get a chance to fully explore the town's city centre. Once in in Yssingeaux, my sister led me on a tour of her daily life in France. We went to her favourite boulangerie for afternoon croissants and brioche, the local bar for espresso, and to her patisserie to show me the bûche de Noël she had made the day before. After a wonderful evening drinking wine and indulging in the aforementioned bûche with her French family, we woke up the next morning to the first snowfall of the season. All of Yssingeaux was covered in a blanket of snow. It was absolutely breathtaking.