bonjour!

hotel gault.  our room is the 3rd floor, right there on the corner at the top.  we have all 3 windows in our room with amazing views out of each one of them.

maple toffee.  pouring the hot toffee on the snow to harden.

then you take a stick and roll it down the hardening toffee to form your tasty treat.  yum.

montreal is impressive.  

to date we have:  walked all over the cobblestone streets of old montreal, devoured crepes and french onion soup, slept in till 11:00 am {it was really only 9:00 am to us... but better than nothing and the usual 7:00 am alarm clock}, watched 3 movies in 1 day {back to back to back in a theatre i might add} and bought a old school SWATCH.  we have found all the restaurants we have dined in prefer to play '80's hair bands.  it is kind of hilarious.  from the quaint cafes to the hi-brow steak houses, they are hair banding it up.  maybe its a french canadian thing.  who knows?  anyone?

old montreal is like a little slice of europe {never been to europe, but this is how i imagine it}.  what we are enjoying are tiny streets, amazing old buildings with intricate facades, super clean, very friendly, very quiet, nothing is open on sundays and things {ie.  restaurants, shops, galleries} close early {we had a hard time finding a place to eat tonight at 9:30 pm}.

the night we got here i called home and heard that eli's throat was very sore and he was sad.  poor dude.  murphy's law, eh?  then i heard today that one of the brackets on his braces broke off.  so today he hit the doctor and the dentist to get fixed up {sorry mom!}.  turns out antibiotics and some glue patched things up and every things going to be ok.  just hate being so far away.  glad mom and dad are there to take good care of the kids.  

tomorrow {tuesday} i have my interview at 9:00 am at the united states consulate.  am i nervous?  no. am i worried?  no.  am i bummed to have to get up so early?  yes....  come on!  sleeping in has felt so good...