I’m extremely tired but that’s alright. Plenty of sleep when I get back home. Met up with Louise from TravelPod at Cafeo who also introduced me to Owen who previously worked at Digg.com and now for TravelPod. Louise couldn’t have picked a better spot for breakfast! Delicious food. Then Louise says to me “Hey, I got something for you.” and pulls out a “limited edition” TravelPod water bottle! She’s the best. 
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Archive for category Canada
Limited Edition
Nov 29
We woke up a little later today due to last nights party. Today was a bit more relaxing. Our legs have been killing us from all the walking these past few days. We decided to take it easy, go out to eat, and hang out with our new friends at the hostel. For dinner we had this great pasta meal that we got to create and add all types of sauces. At night all the people we met gathered up at the hostel lounge area again and most of them started drinking already. I wasn’t planning on
drinking much today after last night. There was this one guy Jeff though, I can honestly say I have never ever seen someone so completely out there. He was drinking himself to death. He ended up getting pretty violent and created a bit of a mess. It was strange though because yesterday he was pretty funny but tonight he took it a bit too far. Eventually he passed out and cops came. He was too passed out to hear them and so they left him alone. Then a few of us played some cards and headed down to a bar. A few pitchers of beer, food, shots and we were good. Really fun and we end up even more people from the hostel that were checking in that day. Another eventful day and the night was over. Sucks that this is our last night sleeping here, we need to wake up early to check out and meet up with Louis for breakfast.
Woke up pretty early again and walked around Old Montreal. It’s very old fashioned European style area. Cobblestone narrow roads, many café’s, and you just get a good vibe in that area. I noticed the area was filled with touristy shops as well all trying to represent the Canadian feeling. We went to this desert place that sold everything maple syrup. They had all kinds of flavors that I had no idea existed. I decided to try out the Apple Pie Maple Syrup desert. Heavenly good. We buy a few things and were on our way. After walking around town a bit more, we head out to Little Italy.
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We start off our day at another café. Breakfast was yet again amazing. I’ve learned quite a bit of French lately too. I noticed that if you say “Bonjour- Hi” then they will know you speak
English although sometimes I do say “Parlez-vous anglais?” which means “Do you speak English?”. We decide to go to The Mountain which is a huge mountain in the middle of the city of Montreal. The guide book is telling us to take a bus or take the stairs up. Well I couldn’t find either so I decided to just walk up. What an adventure! Really took the off road in between trees and paths just to get on top of the mountain as quickly as possible. This led to me climbing a bit. Animals were really friendly around us as well. Eventually we get to the top and the reward was great although we were insanely tired. Sat back, enjoyed the view, and plenty of pictures. You could see all of Montréal.
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Day 1 in Montreal
Nov 25
We arrived in Montreal at around 6am after an 8 hour bus ride on Greyhound sleeping the whole way here. We really had no itinerary and only knew of a few places we wanted to go to. We wanted to be as random as possible. Were depending on locals and the LP book to guide us. Some of the things we have:
- Lonely Planet City Guide book
- One large backpack, medium size, and small day pack.
- Winter clothing. This filled our packs because of jackets, sweatshirts, pants, etc.
- And all the other little things like a toothbrush.
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