candee

9:30am: L'Arrival, Montreal-Trudeau airport. After the insanely miserable red-eye flight and the boring transfer and being awake for the last 20 hours or so, I finally finally arrive. French land! There is so much more French than I'd expected! It's oui this and non that. Crazies. Spent some time trying to figure out where the dealio the L'aerobus (shuttle to downtown) was with my pathetic french. Hopped on the shuttle to Berri Central and met up with Andrea! Yay! Her bachelorette pad is the coolest nichiest spot in the plateau. Ooh la la. I was there to see the christening of her new tv. Yayyyy! We took a long 1hr walk to downtown because she had to go to class, and I passed by all the sights and sees, including the world-famous Schwartz's meaties. I get ... read more

I was keener and arrived at the airport 2 hours early, at 9pm for an 11:05pm red-eye flight. Along the way I bumped into Mike who said he'd be in Toronto for 18 hours before heading to Montreal, but the real problem was, where would he shower? Helloooo KFC wet wipes... Fact #1: YVR is ghetto. When I went to the WestJet counter to check in, this is what happened: WestJet: Hi, your last name? Me: Lee WestJet: Candy Yuen Yan? Me: Yes..? WestJet: Perfect, here's your boarding pass, and leave your baggage in the corner wall behind me there Me: Erm.. don't I need to have my.. id.. out? WestJet: Have a good flight! Great security. Hellloooooo terrorists. I went through screening quite quickly. If you know me you'll realize this is an absolute miracle ... read more