Tests, of the alcoholic sort

So my last post was on Wednesday, so I figured that I would fill out another for your enjoyment! Thursday was a rather hectic day, from a mumbling-professor to filled-classes to finding out about new programme requirements. Essentially, I recall no mention of a french-class requirement to my study abroad programme, so I had to navigate the *bureaucrazy* to get to the right place, and take a placement test. The following morning, I went to the École des Langues at UQAM, and wrote 15 lines in french. Fairly simple. Proceeded to get a few errands done, and by the time I was done, I was quite shocked at how fast the day had gone. Of course, I did stop for lunch with Gabrielle on the Plateau, and had a hambourgeois (hamburger in Québécois). Followed by a walk around Le Village with Lauren and some quiche, all of a sudden it was 9pm and it was time to leave for a party!! We took the metro and the bus over to Bonnie's place, then walked to Esther's house. Such a cute apartment, it has to be said! It was certainly well decorated, along with the usual wood and steep staircase charm that is Montréal. We left a wee bit early, and then I called it a night because I was really tired from the week.

12 hours later, I woke up. Quite the sleep, non? :)
I got up, had breakfast in the afternoon, then read my book for a wee bit. THEN BEGAN THE FUN! As the international student department at UQAM is a relative failure, I have begun to latch onto the program at Concordia, one of the two English-speaking universities in Montréal. First of all, I showed up and it was just a little mixer, and I met plenty of people, whether they be from New Hampshire or New South Wales. Soon enough, the organisation had set up a pub crawl, with teams, leaders, chants, and colours and all! Me and one of the Aussie girls who also did not go to UQAM began our friends' fan club, and followed them around the bars :) We took plenty of photos, which I am sure will be on facebook within a week....largely not-flattering I might add. After a few hours at the pub crawl, and A ROLO McFLURRY from McD, we headed over to La Sociale for a few more hours of dancing. It was so much fun, had a wee bit to drink, and danced until about half past midnight. The club was slowly emptying out, which is a stark comparison to the norm here in MTL, becasue half past midnight is when the party is at its finest. Undeterred, the group slimmed slightly and those willing took the metro over to the village. After agreeing that a $4 cover charge was reasonable, we headed into Sky Lounge! So much fun! Danced for a bit, sat on a gorgeous terrace for a bit, then danced some more! Come 3am, we were all exhausted, and headed our different ways. Got to say though, that was one of the best nights in Montréal, and was most certainly epic.