Thursday morning I went on an impromptu road trip to Montreal. First, a photo of some Llamas we met on the way:
Things I learnt about Montreal:
- Road tripping is hella fun, even without The 404s as company. MBA classmates Mainak, Khaled, Alejandro, and Ricardo provided some interesting conversation topics such as: "If you had to stick a bottle up your ass, would you prefer Coke or Pepsi?". We mostly had very different tastes in music so we would alternate between classic and not-yet-too-classic rock (from Alejandro & I), Egyptian pop (from Khaled), club anthems (thanks a bunch, Mainak), and Spanish versions of western songs (yep, that's Ricardo). Unfortunately the Ipod FM adapter had broken on the way back, so we settles to flipping through the various radio channels which was an adventure in itself.
- I will never be too old to shoot kids in the face with a laser. "What does one do on a road trip to Montreal?" I asked the Twitter-verse. @MzScarlett was the only one who responded, and of all things to do in such a culturally rich town she suggested: "Laser Tag on St. Catherine & Peel Ave." Well, we just happened to be there and the guys were gung-ho about it, and it seemed like fun. We were the only ones over 12, and screaming at little 5 year old French girls as we shot them was even more fun than it sounds. I got 5th place, my personal best Laser Tag record. Alejandro shot me 13 times, mostly since he kept betraying our unholy alliance.
- There are way too many Montreal facts, and I can barely remember even one. Clara, a friend of mine whom I met while doing improv a few years ago in Montreal, was my personal tour guide on Friday. I really wish I had taken a photo of her (I'm still getting used to this taking photos of everything thing). She took me to the lookout point on Mont Royale and drizzled me with random facts about the city (did you know the 1976 Olympic stadium structure was unfinished during the Olympics themselves?), and came laser tagging with us too. Of all the things, the only one I snapped a photo of was the Ubisoft campus building, which I didn't even get to enter.
- The food is awesoooooome: the Montreal Smoked Meat heaven called Schwartz's, Ben & Jerry's ice cream (which we don't have stores of in Toronto, and was particularly significant since we had done a case about them in Strategy class), even La Belle Province which I'm told is crap by Montreal standards, was awesome. And the apple crumble we had at THE BIG APPLE on the trip was delicious.
Night life was a bit lame since Peer pressure dictated we go to a strip club, and I didn't really want to wander off alone. Although the ladies were beautiful and the place pretty swanky, it was a pretty meh time. We did check out Casino Montreal at 2AM and holy shit that is a fantastic building, originally built for the World Expo in the 60s (or 70s?).
And that's the report!
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