Québec!
Hmmm, where did I leave off last? We had a volley-ball tournamet last Thursday which was a bit of a blast, and since my team lost, we were first at the bar, and by the time the rest of the teams arrived, it was hard to leave. We sang, we danced to a ridiculous french/swing band, and the lead singer had the BEST Elvis hair ever, only it was blonde. Sooo funny! Needless to say, no one was a happy camper on Friday, but that was OK, because all we did was learn about where to go in Québec city (or just Québec to the people from here) and then off to the mall with an assignment of asking randoms questions from a questionairre about RDL (Rivière-du-Loup - for those un-hip folks), which was actually kind of fun.Saturday was the trip to Quèbec, we left around 8:30 am, got to watch a wierd/crazy movie called «La Nuit de Noce» which roughly translates to «The honeymoon», where a couple wins a vacation to Niagra Falls with their respective families and decide to get married there, but then chaos ensues, and like all good French movies there is lots of swearing, lots of sex and just a hint of English. Très drôle! Québec was awesome, though. Such a beautiful city, lots of families and LOTS of couples. Seems like a cute romantic little place, AND you could tell that a cruise ship was in port by the sheer number of old people meandering SLOWLY in viex Québec (old QB). We had a walking tour of the city, got to do some shopping and sightseeing before being hauled off to the residence to drop off our stuff. We had about an hour to wash (which not many people got to do - I had a shower that morning), dress and make-up for dinner and for the après diner dancing. So, at 4:45 pm, there were definitely people in their club gear all ready for the evening. I wore a skirt and t-shirt with flip flops, très comfortable. I had a great dinner of crèpes and fruit at a little restaurant with two other girls in my class (better than the reservations for 10-15 people at other restaurants, this way I could actually talk to my friends) and then off to the deppaneur to buy a couple of six packs and off to the beautiful park nearby to drink said six-packs (wow, that`s pretty ghetto). Hey, this way I spent about 8 bucks for 4 cans of beer, rather than 6 bucks per beer at the bar - damn! That`s pretty expensive! We got to watch the sun set from on of the walls of this old military base (kind of like Fort Henry only in Québec), then off to Chez Degobar for a night of ... well, it was an interesting night. I had tons of fun, and was definitely feeling a little painful the next day when we had the day free in the city. More shopping and walking later, and I don`t really remember the bus ride back to RDL (it was only about 2 hours, but as my parents know I can sleep in any kind of moving vehicle, and often those not moving at all, and when I am super tired on top of that, than there is no waking me). I had an awesome dinner of salmon and veggies when we got home, and I put myself to bed just before 11 (I had to do laundry because everything in my travel bag smelled like bar - P.U.!! As of May 31, however, all bars in RDL will be smoke free, so I`ll only smell like beer, not beer + smoke. Haha!!
I`m really starting to miss home, but this is still pretty cool.
Later!
posted by Jenn @ 12:40 p.m.
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