Friday 20 August 2010

From Boston to Montreal...

Hello again!

We are now in Montreal, where internet in our hostel is free (hoorah!) so despite my self induced jet-lag (why again was it that we chose to get a 7 hour overnight bus from Boston? To save on a night's accommodation? More like to "save" a night's sleep...ho hum) Anyway, Boston was very hot and very educational! We particularly enjoyed the part where a tour guide got really enthusiastic at us (just us, she accosted us, she was mental) about how "we" beat the British good n proper in the war of independence (anyone else know it all took place in and around Boston?)...we then informed her that we were in fact the enemy, and she thought that was just hilarious. To be fair, so did we, but after 15 minutes of her over-sharing at us about her life, her job, her dog, we decided it was time to escape "loopy Lauren" and carry on exploring...and that we did : ) Went to Harvard, which was exciting, learned to navigate the metro system, got trampled a few times by Red Sox fans flooding out of Fenway Park stadium, which was right by our hostel, so we went on a tour of that, which was really interesting too. We still have no idea how baseball works, but they sure are keen on it and all the history kind of made us wish that we were as well...
Anyway, Boston was like an old pal by the time we departed, but now we're onto a new city and a new hostel (oh, what joy...) I kid you not, swing a cat in our new room (which would be tricky), and you're guaranteed to hit a Frenchman. A room for 6 people, and it's me, and 5 guys: four French and one Chris! Sacre Bleu! Hope none of them snore...As for where the hostel itself is, swing a cat and you're guaranteed to hit a sex shop...excellent. But it's actually a fine area, and another interesting city: a bit randomly put together at first glance, but we went on an epic bus tour and really took it all in. An AMAZING church on a hill, some cool apartments where every room in every house is a cube, and they're all piled on top of each other (Chris said I had to include that bit, was obviously his favourite bit in between snoozes, of which he tried to fend off many!) and a fantastic little street full of great little galleries (my favourite bit!)
So tomorrow we will explore further- off to the Olympic Stadium, which looks pretty spectacular...I now REALLY must sleep, as have had about 3 hours of rubbish sleep in 48 hours, and believe me, it ain't a pretty sight! Just as we finally got comfortable on that bloody coach we and our luggage were unceremoniously hauled out to be checked at the Canadian Border. Chris declared the sandwiches in his bag and I lied that I had a job ; )
Until the next time folks! xEx

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