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Hello Blog fans! Sorry its taken so long to do this but we've been pretty busy! We did so much in Montreal that its got its very own entry, Boston will follow shortly.
We arrived in Montreal and took the metro to a suburb of the city named Laval. On hand to collect us in the super van was Sylvia (mummy Christou) who took us via the ever faithful Tim Hortons back to their lovely home. We received the warmest of welcomes from Fito, Steph, Maria and Irene (The Christou family) and all their mates (Justin, Gab, Bianca, Mike, Tavia and Nick). Questions were asked, jokes exchanged and the banterous conversation set the tone for what was a great week.
Cheerios played a big part in the mornings as we generally gathered ourselves to partake in afternoon activities. We played footy in both the street and the park and i stubbed my toe when playing in bare feet but was well looked after by Tav and Steph. Later named Sir Limpsalot by Craig my toe was fine in a couple of days. After watching the chiseled figures of 300 during a quiet night in K-dawg decided to take up a daily Spartan work out to combat the luscious food provided by Sylvia and Fito. During the week the gang were off Uni, thanks to the time of year, so we were able to hangout and just relax which was lovely. We visited downtown Montreal in the rain, went to the cinema (saw Wolverine) and watched Russell Peters which inspired many quotes of the week including "He pronounced it cheap, what he meant was - "smart"". We attempted to go snowboarding but the rental place turned out to be shut so we spent the day at the park and relaxing. We did get to see some geographical features which i am pleased to report were also enjoyed by Tavia (a fellow geographer in her first year at uni). We enjoyed visiting the Shopping "Mall" and Craig got a good deal on some new lenses for his sunnies. We also bought some shoes for more footy.
Later in the week after visiting the Hard Rock Cafe and Winston's Bar we took up the Susan Boyle torch and visited Pang Pangs, a Karaoke place in Montreal. Some inhuman notes were created and choruses sung including "Hey Jude" in which Craig, Tav and Bianca scored 100% to steal the title from K-dawg and i who earlier sung Sum-41. Maria enjoyed singing Backstreet boys and thought i looked like Brian? Steph and Mike brought Linkin Park back from 90's and we ended the night with the appropriate "In The End". We ended a fabulous week playing Rock Band at Sam's house after pizza and coke.
Thanks go again to the Montre-cool Crew and Christou family for having us for the week, we had an awesome time! So then off to Boston where we stayed in the first Hostel of the trip!
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