Friday, July 16, 2004

Montreal - Preview!!















posted by Mazzy at 11:33 AM

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Blogger Mazzy said...

My friend Tee, a New Zealander who is now working for DHL in Singapore was talking to me the other day on the MSN. She had studied in Montreal for 6 months last year.

This is an update she sent with link to photos:-

UPDATE

> I think therefore I am.
>
> and I think it's time for another timely update from
> me
>
> Left you hanging at the start of semester, and now
> there are only 4 weeks of classes left - where has
> the time flown by! (and how has so little work been
> done! oh dear)
>
> A few important announcements:
>
> 1) The last leg of Jen & Tee's World Culinary Tour
> has sniff sniff, finally concluded. Last Saturday I
> returned back teary-eyed from an extended
> mid-semester break with my culinary counterpart
> after much fun and wintery escapades in Toronto,
> Ottawa, St Hippolyte and Montreal.
>
> My impressions of:
> Toronto – Huge sprawling mess of big buildings
> and grey mass. Still a great place in terms of all
> the big city fun and multicultural vibes. People
> ranged from super nice (probably originate from
> outside of Toronto!) to super mean (on the subway
> with all my luggage, a lady swore so viciously at my
> backpack, it nearly cried. I very nearly got angry
> grrah!). Flippin COLD.
> Ottawa – Nice feel with the beautiful old
> Parliament buildings. Oozes bureaucracy. Supreme
> Court judges wear santa outfits (seriously).
> Flippin COLD.
> Montreal – Oh what a city! Has an oh so hip
> funky European-esque attitude (fusion of modern and
> traditional character). You feel like you're in
> France but not quite. Also flippin COLD but at
> least they had bonfires in the middle of the city
> for the winterfest!
>
> Highlights of "the cold cold west":
> - My friend Wes's roommate calling my NZ accent
> "sophisticated" - go figure!
> - Going (unintentionally) to a zodiac themed
> single's party on Valentines day where I
> rediscovered how yummy candy necklaces are and
> discovered how pricey it is to buy wine in Toronto
> (damn the tipping here!)
> - Making pavlova at Wes's place, which included
> having to crush sugar cubes with a pepper shaker,
> using a teeny weeny whisk, breaking a hole in the
> bottom of the plastic bowl and using Italian
> kiwifruit (the horror!).
> - Getting sore legs from walking around, not from
> the physical exercise, but because it was so cold
> out! Flesh freezing mmmm yum. Apparently I got a
> mild stretch of weather i.e. above the usual
> –30 degrees
> - Staying in a jail cell. Our hostel in Ottawa was
> a jail cell with one dim light, no doors just bars
> and plastic covered mattresses and pillows. Lucky
> it was only a 2 night stay. Oh and there were
> ghosts (apparently).
> - Far too corny winterywonderland activities such as
> cross-country skiing, ice skating, making snow
> angels, toasting marshmellows on bonfires in the
> middle of downtown Montreal, sitting in front of a
> fireplace everynight drinking red wine. [NB All of
> the aforementioned were completed relatively
> scathe-free, only resulting in a little sprained
> thumb]
> - Having a long conversation entirely in French with
> a very gay and shoe-loving sales assistant in
> Montreal. Admittedly it was a one-sided
> conversation...BUT I understood he was very sad I
> bought the last pair of his favourite shoes in the
> store - my good pronounciation of "oui, ah oui"
> musta been good!
> - Not to forget the all important food aspect:
> eating the best French Toast in the WORLD (mango and
> cream cheese and plentiful amounts of maple syrup),
> eating Beaver Tails while ice skating (deep fried
> goodness), an exquisite 3-course French meal at the
> lakeside resort (think foie gras and goose penne),
> entering cheese heaven in Toronto where Jen & I died
> eating samples of what we miss most from home - NZ
> edam and cheddar!
>
>
> http://www.utopos.net/photos.html
>
> Luckily Jen & Tee have resolved to resume their
> culinary tour at a later date – perhaps
> conquering the African continent! Stay tuned!
>
> Now go take a break, further announcements will be
> in my next email
>
> xot
>
> PS I tried sending this out last week and it appears
> it didn't work...so apologies if by chance you get
> his twice, thrice...or more than that
>

6:24 PM  
Blogger Tee said...

hey hey my crazy wee possum,

what a surprise to read one of my emails on your blog! :p although I wish I was studying in Montreal for 6 months like you said, it was actually out west in Victoria, but yeah both very cool cities indeed. Ahhhhh I'm so jealous you're going to be in Montreal....

more photos of the funky city:
http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?c=vjrceuf.3wdzzl13&x=0&y=-1vbnnv

10:46 AM  

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