Look For Me (I'll Be Around)

I am finally in Montreal! Instead of the day and a half that it was meant to take I was actually on the bus for three days. I can tell you that three days on a bus feels fairly limiting. In fact it feels like I think gaol (jail to you Yankee types) might be like - noisy, smelly people around you, limited personal space and cabin fever certainly starts to kick in. Only now am I starting move around a little freely. Thanks Greyhound! I really am contemplating a complaint letter. Why not?

I have made inroads with jobs and apartments. I am going to have a look at an apartment tomorrow or Sunday. That is making me feel very much grown up which is becoming somewhat of a rarity. I would really like to find myself a bar tending job. If I could pursue something the beverage industry as a job OR even a career that would be fantastic. Yeah, that's the dream!

It is becoming apparent though that I will need to know at least some French and at least in a functional sense. Knowing little bits and pieces of French will not work in my favour and could indeed hinder me. I imagine that sometime during my stay I will sign up for some French courses so at least I can serve customers. If they see I'm struggling I've been told that most French speakers are able to speak some English. Handy! A good question is why did England not try harder to ditch the French out of Quebec? Please send me your ideas why!

Whilst I'm in this neck of the woods I would love, Love, LOVE, LOVE to head out toward the Maritimes. From what I can gather it is like Ireland in an American setting. Plus they some pretty cool accents and that is the locale for English style bitter. Oh my. Disadvantages include the weather and the Americans but I am sure I can deal with both of these quite well!

Something on my mind (but definitely not a priority!) is a camera. There is certainly two groups of thought on this. One is to remember what I've done and where I've been. The other is to show the parents and friends back home how good the rest of the world is! But like most other things in my life this can wait!

Speaking of waiting I do NOT want to wait for Chelsea (check her blog out!) to get back. I love that girl so very much and I have to admit it has been difficult to separate myself from this love. I know I have done this before and you would think that doing just once more would be easy. It isn't. She's in Poland doing God's work and that's just awesome for me.

Hopefully my next update will be in the 'very positive' category. Job and apartment would be great but either one or the other I am happy with!

Edit: Here is the place that I'm looking at. A nice enough place for a lad like me, I think!