Blogs from Quebec, Canada, North America - page 157

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

It's now been a little bit more than a week since I learned that in about 3 months, I'll be leaving for Sydney, Australia to study for my very last semester. I am so excited about this, I think I'm almost happier than when I learned I got accepted to all the universities I had applied to 4 years ago. There are so many things left to do. Get my visa, my plane ticket, find a place to live, register to my classes, figure out the whole inssurance thing and probably other things I don't of right now that will simply happen along the way. All those things to do is the only part that scares me. What if I don't do everything and can't leave. But I should be OK since as of 24 hours ... read more

The rain is sprinkling My umbrella is mangles Walking in the rain. As predicted by weather.com, the rains started to fall overnight. I didn't realize how mangled my umbrella got from when I foolishly opened it on that gusty, rainy day last Sunday. So I ended up tossing my Edinburgh green plaid umbrella into the bin. But that's okay. I have my water resistant jacket and toque to keep me warmish and hopefully dry! Luckily the rain is not coming down too hard and I shouldn't be out in the rain for too long. My first stop was for some breakfast at Tim Horton's. For some reason I was feeling really famished when I awoke this morning. A growth spurt perhaps? haha Nothing like a toasted bagel and hot chocolate to start the day! Plus stopping ... read more

Meeting an old friend Four years since seeing Dana I'm super psyched up! Well, I've made plans to meet up with Dana today and I'll finally be able to meet Eddy. So it's gonna be an exciting day today especially since the weather is nice and sunny. The plan is to check out Old Montréal l and go from there. There is apparently a really huge one with tons of stuff to check out. Whatever we do I'm sure it'll be awesome. On that note, I should lace up my boots and head downstairs where Dana and Eddy will pick me up. I waited outside in the chilliness for Dana and Eddy who were running a bit late. But I had on my many layers so it was okay. Mind you the cement steps I was ... read more

It's actually February as I'm writing this.... Since I just discovered this site I will be re-posting info and pictures from my recent trips to the countries listed above... plus will be using this Travelblog site to keep in touch during my upcoming trip to Cameroun! I managed to resolve some simple statistics programming problem today so I'm feeling particularly computer savvy... we'll see how long that lasts... k it's a GO.... ... read more