Our jubilance repaid tenfold
So our excursion into Montreal was interesting to say the least. We went into the city with the intention of parking at the furthest Metro stop from downtown (the closest to us), and didn't realize that we were going in on a Monday when people would be working. Hence, the commuters would have jammed up all parking spots within miles of the Metro station. After a series of unfortunate events, we ended up parking at Canadienne Tire and trekking over.
Voila notre experience dans la Metro. (It's Franglish already, I'm not going to bother with accents)
Afterwards, we grabbed lunch at a shawarma place. We all agreed that it is still a shame that the Tech campus is without a similar place (Ray's does not count).
Just for you, Kyle. YES THAT'S MAYONNAISE.
Then we took off for Old Montreal.
Then we went to the marina?/shore?/park? to play in the snow. Oh man.
There are five of us, and five silhouettes in the snow. Coincidence? I think not.
Thomas has more pictures than I do, and they're currently sitting on his memory card back in our room. I shall succeed in snatching them off that card to post here, though. Just be patient.
We were feeling the afternoon drowse so we slipped into delightful little café to receive a caffeine/sugar infusion. Below is my selection.
Hot chocolate and baklava. Both homemade by a deliciously homey Turkish grandmother and served by her showboating husband. He chatted us up about AIESEC, Turkey, and his experiences in Quebec. Thomas and Ryan got Turkish coffee:
They got their fortunes read from the remnant coffee grinds in the bottom of their cups, a tradition that we successfully pantomimed to the couple. While Ryan's reading included a "girl made for dancing" and a big heart, Thomas' was basically "... you, not so good." Ouch!
Afterwards we headed to the LC in the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). We got to see their office (bigger than ours, wtf!) and had a beer with two of their newies at their campus bar (wtf!!).
We taught them the cup game. Ha.
Conclusion for the day:
We're going back to UQAM tonight to watch their hockey game and partake in more beverages. It shall be glorious.
Stay tuned.
Voila notre experience dans la Metro. (It's Franglish already, I'm not going to bother with accents)
Afterwards, we grabbed lunch at a shawarma place. We all agreed that it is still a shame that the Tech campus is without a similar place (Ray's does not count).
Just for you, Kyle. YES THAT'S MAYONNAISE.
Then we took off for Old Montreal.
Then we went to the marina?/shore?/park? to play in the snow. Oh man.
There are five of us, and five silhouettes in the snow. Coincidence? I think not.
Thomas has more pictures than I do, and they're currently sitting on his memory card back in our room. I shall succeed in snatching them off that card to post here, though. Just be patient.
We were feeling the afternoon drowse so we slipped into delightful little café to receive a caffeine/sugar infusion. Below is my selection.
Hot chocolate and baklava. Both homemade by a deliciously homey Turkish grandmother and served by her showboating husband. He chatted us up about AIESEC, Turkey, and his experiences in Quebec. Thomas and Ryan got Turkish coffee:
They got their fortunes read from the remnant coffee grinds in the bottom of their cups, a tradition that we successfully pantomimed to the couple. While Ryan's reading included a "girl made for dancing" and a big heart, Thomas' was basically "... you, not so good." Ouch!
Afterwards we headed to the LC in the University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM). We got to see their office (bigger than ours, wtf!) and had a beer with two of their newies at their campus bar (wtf!!).
We taught them the cup game. Ha.
Conclusion for the day:
We're going back to UQAM tonight to watch their hockey game and partake in more beverages. It shall be glorious.
Stay tuned.
Labels: AIESEC, Canada, good times, spring break
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