It's been 3 months, and finally, and didn't get enough time to write on my Blog everything I did in Montreal. Good sign huh?
And now, 2am in the morning, I am just sitting in front of my computer, watching all the crazy photos and videos I took during my stay in Montreal, and I am feeling wistful.
God! It went too fast! So many places to see, so many good times!
I got the chance to meet awesome people. My roommates, friends from here and there, I'm going to miss you all so much. So I am dedicating this post to all you guys who made my stay such a pleasure and an enjoyable moment.
I learned so many things here from you, opened my mind and not only met people, but also made real friends. I hope we'll have the opportunity to keep in touch in the future. One thing is sure: I will come back to Canada.
People from everywhere can be friendly, but here, in Montreal, I found that people were friendly first and didn't wait for me to be friendly to give me their friendship. I guess it’s a Canadian thing: The art of cheer, joy and welcome.
Cory, Brian, Amandine, Olivier, you've been turning this semester into a great life experience and created memories that will stay in my mind forever. I only hope that my day-to-day life back in France won’t seem too narrow in a few weeks.
I will never forget you.
Nico.
P.S.Don't forget : "What happens in Montreal stays in Montreal" !!
I just got back from "Le pierrot", a bar in the old Montreal where you can see Quebecan bands singing famous songs !!! That was Awsome !
What surprised me the most is that people in the bar - even if some of them were like 40 years old - were all dancing and singing ! I loved it and I'm definitively gonna go there again during my stay.
Here is a small video of what kind of music we could enjoy tonight:
Some of you may have noticed that I went wrong with the date of the video...Ok! but I won't upload it again, the file is so big...
I've been walking again in that wonderful city and I have noticed one thing above all: people here are VERY nice. This is not like in Europe were people seem "cold" comparing to Montreal people, who are always here to give you a hand, help you finding your way, saying "hi" even if they don't know you and just inviting you to parties although you met them 2 minutes ago ! This is F***** crazy !
I love that town! I hope it will continue like that during 4 months.
Here are two more videos of Montreal. The first one is from the University Bookstore and the second one an outline of the Sainte Catherine Street in Downtown Montreal.
University Bookstore
Actually, the bookstore is just downstairs from the University goodies shop...just in case you might want to buy some uni stuff before buying one of those very expensive books you have to have in order to follow your favorite course ;-)
Sainte Catherine Street
Ok, this one is a very very small view of the huge and well known Sainte Catherine street in downtown Montreal. I think I will put a bigger video next.