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What I'm going to miss about Montreal
molson ex
poutine
ninety-nine cent pizza
the plateau
provigo
bums drinking on the street
bums saying "brotha from anotha motha"
hall building's escalators
cinema de seve
mckibbin's
unibroue beers
cbc
hockey night in canada
looking at the sky above la montagne
spitting down below from 16 stories
hearing four to five languages in the elevator alone
westmount library
aero
mr. big
higher alcohol brews
wide-mouth forties
the crowds on ste-catharine
sidewalk cafes
scary garages where your car barely fits
tim horton's (though i've never had anything from there)
rue prince-arthur and the park at the end
brutopia
the hockey night in canada theme song
all the underground city places
getting approached with, "do you speak english?"
smoked meat sammiches
deps, especially my dep
hmv and their two-for-twenty specials and the like
picking up emer from the bus terminal at greatly varying hours of the day
montreal's highway system complete with raised highways all over
the streets - sherbrooke, ste-catharine, crescent, bishop, st-denis, st-laurent
the fact that "something" is more legal and is much cheaper
how liberated the city is, including sexually
how non-judgmental the city is, including sexually
used book shops are mysteriously open, with no customers, at one am on saturdays
blonde d'achouffe
le cheval blanc
seeing american companies' slogans and shtuff in french
hockey in french
"et le but!!!"
proper pints of guinness
the deps that have a specialty, like the one on prince-arthur with the flowers
stores with their doors, and sometimes entire fronts, open
the side streets in my area with all the old houses next to the huge apartments on the main streets
all the houses in westmount
rollerblading along maisonneuve
seeing the town of mount royal for the first time
looking out from la montagne
the botanical gardens
cheap rent
incredible public transportation and road layout
hookahs
smoking a hookah and drinking a beer on a stoop in the mcgill ghetto
walking around with the bars blasting the hockey game so it's like game radio on the street
the massive cheering, singing, and honking when the habs win a playoff game
my film prof's
accents from the maritimes
skipping out for a pint during a break in one of my film classes
having film classes where you actually see films (not dvd/vhs)
stores closing at five but pizza places staying open thirteen hours after that
the cold weather
snow making the city look absolutely beautiful
skating at 1000 de la gauchetiere
native montreal'ers unconscious bilingualism
hockey rinks all over the place, even downtown
seeing someone in hockey gear at the grocery store or on the bus
the fact that montreal's downtown is quite compact
and easy to both drive and walk around in
and has metro stops all over
and parking all over
and every block has a completely different feel to it
and how, when you're walking around, you feel like you're in a different world
even if you're not in old montreal
right, old montreal
montreal's casino, even if it did rob me
walking across those islands, while it was -20, with friends from dc
that part of the city where it's kind of old montreal, kind of downtown
place des arts in the summer
the underground city in the summer
the underground city in the winter
super-c and the huge saq near it
the joy i had when i passed the grocery store i bought my first beer in back three years ago
going to metro in cote-des-neiges thinking that was the closest full-service grocery store
finding out how wrong i was
the theatres at the molson forum, even though it's not the molson forum
going to the bell centre, even though i saw the devils lose twice
delivery services for "you know"
seeing an indian food place, a strip-club, a second cup, a bar, and a souvenir shop within spitting distance of each other
the cheesy shirts in souvenir shops - i think i need to buy a few
atm's that ask for francais/english, not english/espagnol
seeing signs in french and seeing them as words, not "french words"
the differences between grocery shopping cultures - namely, you go more often for less stuff
chess games at the hall building
hockey being the sport, not football/baseball
seeing american tourists, especially when they ask me questions
my balcony, even though i am quite afeard of heights
taking baths with the sliding door open so i can hear the city noise but be totally relaxed
the fact that i'm in a city but it's not too smoggy
mcgill's campus
concordia's non-campus
having certain bums recognize me as a cool guy
used bookstores that work together
the fact that canadian tire sells hockey sticks
the fact that some newspaper stands sell montreal canadiens jerseys
how, in canada, auto shops have to give you a quote and can not legally ask for more after that
canadian health insurance
the entire experience
Conclusion? I am really going to miss Montreal.
Before studying abroad, I had one friend who studied abroad who said, "Don't do it because it will only show how much DC sucks." There's some truth to that. Especially because Montreal is such a truly unique, diverse, and... wonderful city.
molson ex
poutine
ninety-nine cent pizza
the plateau
provigo
bums drinking on the street
bums saying "brotha from anotha motha"
hall building's escalators
cinema de seve
mckibbin's
unibroue beers
cbc
hockey night in canada
looking at the sky above la montagne
spitting down below from 16 stories
hearing four to five languages in the elevator alone
westmount library
aero
mr. big
higher alcohol brews
wide-mouth forties
the crowds on ste-catharine
sidewalk cafes
scary garages where your car barely fits
tim horton's (though i've never had anything from there)
rue prince-arthur and the park at the end
brutopia
the hockey night in canada theme song
all the underground city places
getting approached with, "do you speak english?"
smoked meat sammiches
deps, especially my dep
hmv and their two-for-twenty specials and the like
picking up emer from the bus terminal at greatly varying hours of the day
montreal's highway system complete with raised highways all over
the streets - sherbrooke, ste-catharine, crescent, bishop, st-denis, st-laurent
the fact that "something" is more legal and is much cheaper
how liberated the city is, including sexually
how non-judgmental the city is, including sexually
used book shops are mysteriously open, with no customers, at one am on saturdays
blonde d'achouffe
le cheval blanc
seeing american companies' slogans and shtuff in french
hockey in french
"et le but!!!"
proper pints of guinness
the deps that have a specialty, like the one on prince-arthur with the flowers
stores with their doors, and sometimes entire fronts, open
the side streets in my area with all the old houses next to the huge apartments on the main streets
all the houses in westmount
rollerblading along maisonneuve
seeing the town of mount royal for the first time
looking out from la montagne
the botanical gardens
cheap rent
incredible public transportation and road layout
hookahs
smoking a hookah and drinking a beer on a stoop in the mcgill ghetto
walking around with the bars blasting the hockey game so it's like game radio on the street
the massive cheering, singing, and honking when the habs win a playoff game
my film prof's
accents from the maritimes
skipping out for a pint during a break in one of my film classes
having film classes where you actually see films (not dvd/vhs)
stores closing at five but pizza places staying open thirteen hours after that
the cold weather
snow making the city look absolutely beautiful
skating at 1000 de la gauchetiere
native montreal'ers unconscious bilingualism
hockey rinks all over the place, even downtown
seeing someone in hockey gear at the grocery store or on the bus
the fact that montreal's downtown is quite compact
and easy to both drive and walk around in
and has metro stops all over
and parking all over
and every block has a completely different feel to it
and how, when you're walking around, you feel like you're in a different world
even if you're not in old montreal
right, old montreal
montreal's casino, even if it did rob me
walking across those islands, while it was -20, with friends from dc
that part of the city where it's kind of old montreal, kind of downtown
place des arts in the summer
the underground city in the summer
the underground city in the winter
super-c and the huge saq near it
the joy i had when i passed the grocery store i bought my first beer in back three years ago
going to metro in cote-des-neiges thinking that was the closest full-service grocery store
finding out how wrong i was
the theatres at the molson forum, even though it's not the molson forum
going to the bell centre, even though i saw the devils lose twice
delivery services for "you know"
seeing an indian food place, a strip-club, a second cup, a bar, and a souvenir shop within spitting distance of each other
the cheesy shirts in souvenir shops - i think i need to buy a few
atm's that ask for francais/english, not english/espagnol
seeing signs in french and seeing them as words, not "french words"
the differences between grocery shopping cultures - namely, you go more often for less stuff
chess games at the hall building
hockey being the sport, not football/baseball
seeing american tourists, especially when they ask me questions
my balcony, even though i am quite afeard of heights
taking baths with the sliding door open so i can hear the city noise but be totally relaxed
the fact that i'm in a city but it's not too smoggy
mcgill's campus
concordia's non-campus
having certain bums recognize me as a cool guy
used bookstores that work together
the fact that canadian tire sells hockey sticks
the fact that some newspaper stands sell montreal canadiens jerseys
how, in canada, auto shops have to give you a quote and can not legally ask for more after that
canadian health insurance
the entire experience
Conclusion? I am really going to miss Montreal.
Before studying abroad, I had one friend who studied abroad who said, "Don't do it because it will only show how much DC sucks." There's some truth to that. Especially because Montreal is such a truly unique, diverse, and... wonderful city.