officially a tourist

Sorry for the lack of posting - I haven't been taking pictures, mainly because nothing superiorly exciting has happened lately. Sunday, we basically did nothing except a few of us went to dinner and I got a burger made with beer so that was kinda cool I guess? Monday, we had classes and a spontaneous group dinner at an Indian restaurant and I have no idea how to spell/pronounce what I ordered but it was SO good and the left-overs were even better for breakfast. Afterwards, went to the bar with the ivy walls for $3.75 pints with our new British friend Simon and had a grand time.

Today, Chuck was in Quebec City (which I finally learned I've been pronouncing wrong all my life... fail) getting everything ready for when we go tomorrow for St. Jean Baptiste Day celebrations, so we had no classes. Naturally, I woke up around noon and then went shopping with Melissa. Her goal was to get silly souvenir shirts for her friends. Mine? A HUGE Canadian flag to hang in my room, ridiculous shirts that I will probably wear every day that have to do with hockey and mooses, and a perfectly perfect zip up from the McGill bookstore. If I had found souvenirs that people would actually enjoy, I would have gotten them. However, what we found ranged from oven mits that wouldn't last a single cycle of use and Habs gear (which I couldn't bring myself to buy, even as a gag gift) to wooden moose statues and stuffed animals that also functioned as pencil holders. If you're interested in any of these things, let me know (except for the Habs gear - you'll have to get that yourself) and I will go back and get you a wooden moose.

After shopping for a bit, we got crepes (which I've always pronounced cray-pes but is apparently pronounced creh-pes, so apparently I just can't pronounce anything right... sorry, not sorry) at a little hole-in-the-wall place. Mine was ham, spinach, cheese, and love. The man making it was adorable and he put some love in it. We had planned on getting ice cream or sorbet afterwards but we were too full, so we decided to head back for naps. Naturally, my nap was 3 hours long and so when we finally woke up, we went for dinner, which was ice cream. We tried to go back to our crepe place, but it was closed... probably because it was 10PM. We got dinner with Sheridin because she hadn't joined us for crepes earlier and then restaurant-hopped down Sherbrooke to another ice cream place. The revolving door was automatic and talked to us. I wish there was video footage of our reaction.