The Boy is Back in Town

James is back in the city many refer to as James' second, if not one true home. Back in Montreal that is. It was good seeing the boys again and our first night out was spent in a pool hall with pool, beer and foosball. I don't think anyone expected to get that drunk that late. That was just the warm up for the first of 3 with the boys and then the 4th night spent with my house mates from Whistler; Felix and Myguel. So strange seeing those boys again. They really come into their own in their homeland. I'm pretty sure that was the first time I have been out and spoken exclusively French. It's hard to understand with all the club noise but I got by, it was good practice and ultimately I had a great time!

It was both a reunion and a birthday. Chloe, Felix's girlfriend was celebrating her 19th birthday. The bar we went to, like much of Quebec, had nice cheap beer of which I had my fair share. An excellent night with plenty of beer racing; my specialty. We headed back to Marieville with everyone and due to lack of space in the car and in order to fit squeeze me in; Felix was a perfect gentleman and lay in the trunk for the whole drive. About 35 minutes all up. You're my boy Fil!

Yesterday we had some good 'chill' up at the plateau. What a crazy atmosphere. Drum circles all over the place, people dancing and tight-rope walking, hackey sack, shisha, guitars, fire twirling... just about every hippie activity you can think of with at least two thousand people around. Insanity. But the piece de resistance was the sword fighting. What the hell. Seriously. The biggest display of nerd aggression you can possibly imagine. The best way to describe it was a scene out of Braveheart with rubber swords and.. well serious. People are actually trying to hit each other with these things.

This weekend we're headed to Ontario for a road/canoe/camping trip. A random surprise but it should really give me a genuine Canadian experience. Maybe I'll run into a bear, some moose or a yak. Quite looking forward to that.