[PART 2] M is for Montreal

the fun continues!!! yeah!!!

here are some more pictures I took on the streets of old Montreal 

I feel like such a tourist when I try to take a picture with everything that has word Montreal on it. even though Toronto has Bank of Montreal too... but  I bet its not in french! lol.. 

the guy behind me totally ruined the picture! heng! old Montreal really have a strong European feel, very similar to the street of Riga, Latvia which is about the most European place there is! walking down the streets you would come across a strong smell of cigarette smoke once in a while, which is a little annoying! but I envision the 1920s when people used the old pipes to smoke ( that was the 1920 right???? I did not not check of historically correctness) a little romantic.... but I suggest to experience it only once in a long while... 2nd hand smoke is totally not worth it!

I am still glad Toronto banned public smoking! yeah! lol

M is for Montreal

Here is a sad story that I have been telling a lot of people, as of today I have been in Canada for about 11 years, and I have never been to Montreal until recently. meanly because it's soooo far away from Toronto ( a 8 hour drive) and dad is the only one who drives in my family..... (well.... I do drive, but mom does not trust my driving skills to ride in it)....

I have been bugging my bf forever to go to Montreal with me during the school year since it's a lot closer from Kingston (where my university is located).. but school year is really busy, and I go back to Toronto every holiday I get. 

Around two weeks ago, bf told me he had a surprise for me, here is a little background information for you, my bf like to say that he has surprise for me to get me happy when I m sad, but usually it's nothing big so I did not expect very much when he said that. But then he told me that he is taking me to Montreal! I was sooooo happy!!!!   muahhhhh <3 thanks lg 

For the next 2 weeks, I did a lot of "research" but it's more about where I am gonna go to eat and play!!!! so I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Here is a tip to book cheap hotels! 

I really do not consider myself as an adventurous and open to new ideas. But bf is! so we tried Hotwire 

Here is how it works, it's quite easy actually! go to hotwire.com , enter the city you are going to and the dates you are there for, and it will pop up several hotels at the specific area at a really low price but they do not tell you >.< only when you book the hotel will it tell you which hotel it is. 

so it's a little bit of risk! but they do tell you the number of stars the hotels has. The anonymous offers usually gets you around 30 % discount, but if you are more concerned with getting a specific chain of hotel, there is a second window that pops up that does that, there is usually less discount, but you know which hotel you book!

We were adventurous and booked anonymous 4 star hotel at $87 per night!! once we paid we found out its Delta hotel! The total came too $107 with tax and fees. 

we booked mega bus which came to $100 for two people round trip, and we were all set

The morning of was not soo smooth, we were almost late
for our bus! I did not get the Tim Horton bagels I wanted
for the ride. But it was a good thing I was prepared the night
before! so we made the bus anyways XD

cannot stop cam whoring (apologies) look so sleepy >.<