Snow in Montréal, Bus in New England, Rain in Boston

I will update you so far on the weather. It has officially snowed a few times lightly in Montréal, but on Thursday, it snowed rather heavily. I went to Métro (the supermarket) to grab some wine for dinner with Cameron and Lauren, and walked off the métro system to find it snowing! It was heavy enough to get my backpack wet within the few mins from the métro stop. I took a quick video of the snow from my apartment window!

Oh so I cut my finger trying to save a wine glass from an inevitable smashing. It went straight into my middle finger, and it was quite sore! I ended up pushing too hard to stop the bleeding, so I bruised it :/ Trust me!


Bruised finger in hand, literally, I left for Boston to visit Kendra on Friday morning. I took the greyhound, and the drive was fantastic! Not only did I cross an international border by land (a first), I also crossed three states in one day (also a first). Having never been to New England before, it was so cool to see Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The trip took a little longer than expected, but I took enough photos to make up for it. I got into Boston around 6pm (10 hours since departure from Montréal). Kendra, her friends and I went to a restaurant called Dick's Last Resort, in which you get abused verbally by the staff. Its quite an odd experience. I then got my first cannoli, an Italian pastry. It was quite delicious! Saturday was a wee bit rainy, but I saw tons of Boston and took tons of pictures. The history is everywhere, and the British influence on the road layout is evident as there is no layout. The road were based on old cow paths, so they just go wherever they want and make random turns anywhere. Driving would be a nightmare! Oh and I also got to see HARVARD UNIVERSITY! It was soo cool and very, very pretty. Clearly the private university tuition pays off! No closed down library for them.
Sunday we went on a Duck Tour, in which you get a bus tour around Boston, with plenty of historical references to things you would otherwise not notice. After the bus part, the "bus" goes into the river! It was a converted WWII boat/bus, and the trip in the river was definately unique! Here is a photo I took from the boat of the Boston skyline, with the Autumn leaves along the shore.

It was great seeing Kendra, but I had to come back to Montréal eventually. The way back was much faster (7 hours), and I had the two seats in my row to myself for the whole way up. I really think I might do a day trip to Burlington, VT one of these days because its only 2 hours south of here.

Well, this is my school's reading week. On a positive note, I had no classes. Unfortunately, it also means that I have to write all my papers. Hallowe'en is at the end of the week, so I can't wait for that!! Who knows what I will dress up as!?