Auberge de Paris Montreal

So I haven't actually flown out yet, but I'm planning to.. In 9 hours. I just wanted to get my fans pumped up to read more about my adventures.

It's snowing a lot outside (in GFPK). I foresee a nice 1.5 hour bus ride from downtown Montreal to PET airport.

There is a mighty river flowing from a great inland sea. Half way down the river is an isle with a mountain in the middle. Around the mountain is a city. First people called it Ville Marie. We called it Montreal in Middle French

In the center of the city is a plaza where Iroquois defended themselves against whites. Now the place is taken by a bank. Both sides lost.

Around the plaza were the cobblestone streets with the stores closed ...

... Marquei a entrega na estação McGill, esquina da Kennedy com a University. Eu seria reconhecido pela caixa da sanfona e me perguntariam se eu tinha uma Crucianelli para Steve. Parecia cena de filme de espionagem. Cheguei na hora marcada e duas jovens se aproximaram e mandaram a senha: "Do you have a Crucianelli for Steve?". Uma delas era a filha ...

... with the cross on (realised I need to join the gym-it's more of a hill and yes I was breathless)

-Bought some maple syrup.

-Had a final Tim Horton's (should definitely join a gym...)



Now I must write my 4 essays, becaues if I fail I will not be allowed to go on my year abroad, which is going to be in Quebec! I will have the chance to try the famous poutine!

... trajet vu qu'il faisait nuit et que j'ai dormi tout le long! Et à mon grand soulagement, arrivée à Lethbridge où Catherine et son copain viennent me chercher, m'amènent à la maison. Rapide connaissance avec le chat et... Au lit! Le lendemain, lunch avec Nora, Catherine, Gail (ma maître de stage) et son mari où j'ai compris 1 mot sur 5 dans les conversations!! Dur!! Puis finale du superbowl où les outsiders ont gagné!! Visite du Safeway pour acheter à manger et redodo!!

... us downtown, and we only feared for our lives once or twice. We then arrived at that not so chic and glamorous, Hotel'de Paris. The room is a good size, but the luxurious bathroom described online, is quite a joke. The bed is as hard as a board, and is about to fall apart. We modified it with extra padding to make it bearable. The things we do to save a couple hundred bucks never surprise me. I will admit that I was quite disappointed ...

... After breakfast, we walked around the hotel a bit, and ventured downstairs to discover a treat--the underground city that we had heard so much about was right below our hotel! Once we got our bearings, we ventured outside headed for Viex Montreal (the city of Old Montreal). As we stepped outside, we realized that the weather was quite a bit cooler than we realized, so we bundled up and got to steppin'. We walked south down Rue ...

... and as I was the only non American/Canadian on the bus I got a bit of the third degree but thats the fun of travelling. So I managed to get through the border and was now in Canada. The place I had hanging out to visit since Feb when I left home. So I arrived into Montreal and found the hostel fairly easily and then checked in ...