Au revoir Montreal

My last day in Montreal and i still had a bunch i wanted to do, i met up with my new friend Eliane Prefontaine, she is a 22 year old that i met at Mutek two days before, i think we were one of five people that were in their early twenties at the event, most people seemed much older. The first night i met her, she was with her friend Nancy who is 33. Bret and i hung out with them the rest of the night. On my last day i met up with Eliane again and her friend Manue. They gave me a tour of the city that most tourists don't get. It was like a Belmont or Hawthorne area of Montreal, really fun. You are allowed  to have alcohol in city parks as long as you have food, so i bought a famous montreal bagel (which is more like a pretzel) and we all split a bottle of wine. It was a beautiful day, maybe the nicest one of my stay. We went back to Manue apartment and her and Eliane made dinner (very delicious pasta meal) and played some live music for me afterwards. Eliane plays piano and sings and Manue plays the cello. They played their original songs, they were great i have them stuck in my head still. It felt so cool to be with locals and just hanging out and trusting eachother as if we had known eachother for years. Most of the time i didn't even know what they were saying but i was still able to enjoy the experience because it was so different and comfortable and exciting at the same time. I look forward to trying to make some friends like Eliane and Manue in Berlin and wherever else i go, and i look forward to going back to Montreal next year for Mutek and reconnecting with my friends. 

I think it is safe to say that i loved Montreal and Bret and i both agreed that it was hard to leave it behind. It was well worth the stop. It is a great transition city from america to europe, because it is english and french speaking and has new modern american style city and also old port montreal which is cobblestone roads and very european. Definitely one of my favorite places i have been.