Montreal

As an Au Pair we are required to complete 6 educational credits and as I arrived mid January I missed out on the Spring semester at the local community college. So what I did instead was a 3part weekend course.

I chose to learn about Montreal, Canada. I went to three Saturday classes and then in May we went to Montreal and got to experience it for a weekend.

Some of my friends were also on the trip to Montreal. Unfortunately it was raining the weekend that we went but we still managed to have a good time.

It started on the Friday morning we met at the bus pick up point and when the bus arrived we then travelled for 10 hours to the city of Montreal. We had to stop to go through the USA-Canada border. When we got to the hotel we were called off by group/room number, collected our bags and then got settled into our rooms before deciding what to do in the evening.

On Friday night a group of us (all Au Pairs) went to dinner at a little Italian restaurant then we went to an Irish bar and had a few drinks (the legal age to drink in Canada is 18).

The next morning (Saturday) we had to be up early to go on a guided tour of Montreal.

After the tour we had free time. I stayed in my room and rested and then that night we went to the Casino de Montreal. One of my friends won $33 CAD (Canadian Dollars).

The next day was pretty much just get up, have breakfast, be packed and bus ride back.

All in all it was a fun trip despite the rainy weekend.