You'll be hearing from us for sure by May long weekend

Today was a day dedicated to Kingston. we started the morning by grabbing a quick breakfast, and hopping on to a shuttle bus to Queen's (as they have no real parking near the campus). The drive was lovely and full of picturesque prisons that happen to look like castles. We\re talking turrets and everything. Then we arrived at Queen's. It's a fairly nice campus. The only major issue is that the biggest residence actually looks like prison itself. We were then welcomed in a 40 min presentation in side Grant Hall, which is kind of tacky. We discovered the school's colours are the primary colours, and everyone else hasn't heard from Queen's yet. They ended the presentation by bringing in part of the band, dancers, cheerleaders, and the tour guides so they could end of the show with the school song (which is Gaelic). We then went on a big tour of the campus. Other then Victoria hall it's fairly pretty. We had lunch in the cafeteria, which was really nice. We then hopped on a shuttle and headed back to our motel.

Pros for Queens:
It's student population is very friendly and enthusiastic
The cafeteria is really nice
The class sizes are fairly small (the biggest being 200 less then at McGill)

Cons for Queen's
Wifi is only in common rooms (in residences) and inside classrooms
Cars are allowed on the main road

After we relaxed in our room we went and saw The King's Speech. It was a really good movie. We looked like we were the only ones under 60 in the theater. :D Afterwards, we went out for supper at a really good italian restaurant. I had some chicken, and it was absolutely delicious. I'm not sure how I felt about the decorations though. Beside us on the wall was a cow hide on a canvas. After dinner we returned to our motel.

You thought dress shopping was hard, wait until we get to the shoes

Today was our day in Montreal. We started the day off by shopping on Rue St. Catherines. We spent some time in H & M where Brenna tried on a few dresses. We then ended up in Le Chateau where we bought my grad dress! It's so pretty. We decided to have lunch afterwards, and to kill some time we looked at shoes. We weren't expecting to find anything, but surprise! We found the perfect shoes. We then headed to McGill University for a tour.

The University is gorgeous. Everything is really old, and gothic.
Pros for McGill:
Everthing is very old
Behind it is a mountain
Cars are not allowed on the roads
There is wifi everywhere on campus
Montreal is right outside
There is a lot of French

Cons for McGill:
Everything is really old.
Montreal is right outside.
Some of the residences are a little... well... sketchy.


We then drove to Kingston. Where we are currently staying in a cute motel.

The elevator to your rooms are that way (x3)

Today is the start of the grand university tour. After I got home from my NLS exam, (which I passed) we had a delicious supper of homemade hamburgers. Then we loaded up the truck and Mom, Brenna and I were on our way. Our first stop Montreal!

We arrived without any issues, and found the traffic wasn't that bad at all. We navigated quite well thanks to the belkin navigator (with a terrible french accent). Our hotel is very nice, but unfortunately we're only here for one night.

Stay tuned...