SPRING BREAK: CANADA

Finally published my blog entries on my spring break!

Day 1: Part 1 Part 2
Day 2: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
Day 3
Day 4

 #lit

[Canada] DAY 4: Last day...finally

I woke up in a terrible mood. Everyone was to wake up at 5am meaning I (along with most of us) had only two hours of sleep. And I was in the worst state ever; I even had a headache. Mann why did we drink so late at night? (lol jk it was fun)

The last place we went to was a hiking trip to a forest in Albany.

After an hour of hiking, we went to a buffet for lunch. It felt great to sit down and just eat since we barely had breakfast. It was around 4pm and we were almost back to NYC.

When suddenly our bus broke down...

Like are you fucking kidding me. Apparently one of the screws in the engine broke and without it the bus cannot move. The driver called the mechanics and he took two hours to arrive. The mechanic took the parts and took it back cus he said he'll bring another part back to us.

...three hours passed and he hasn't come back. Our driver called the company and they didn't pick up. We assume that sick fuck just stole the parts and dipped.

After being stuck in the middle of nowhere (well there was an inn and diner so it wasn't that bad), another bus came as a replacement. However, our awesome driver couldn't be with us for the rest of the ride so another driver drove us back instead.

In the end, we got back around 9 and I got home at 10pm. My phone was at 11%, it was 20 degrees (I thought it would be warmer in NY), and I am on the Q train with my big suitcase with these strange men staring at me.

-__-

Anyway, I was tired and moody. My mom picked me up and bought pho for me so that made me better c: ♥

[Canada] DAY 3: Lovely day, crazy night

Parliament 

 Strange water fountain; there is a flame on top. How does that work?

Montreal Olympic Stadium

Montreal Biodome 

This was my favorite part of the tour. It is a large building that holds four different ecosystems such as a rainforest from South America and a forest from North America. It feels like we are really there since the climate matches the setting. 

omg my glutes are finally showing :')

 omg my hamstrings are finally showing :')

Vietnam Town

 Their pho tastes different than the ones in the US. It was delicious. We spent ten minutes walking up and down the streets, jay walking, crossing the street and back, deciding what to eat. In the end, out of the Chinese, Japanese, and fast foods restaurant. We chose to eat Viet food (we also spent another five minutes deciding which Vietnamese restaurant to go to ashdjk).

After a long day, we got back to the hotel. Since, Canada's drinking age is 18 we bought some drinks. I went with a few people to the mart to get them. We wanted to take the shuttle van there but it strictly only goes to the airport.

The driver was lenient though. Although she could've gotten into trouble, she dropped us off at the mart and gave us five minutes to grab the drinks and go. It was exhilarating but I hated the rush. Here we are, going to a stranger's van, and leaving to buy drinks, while the driver could have just left without us.

But she waited and we rushed back to the hotel. She's awesome though. Her life was cool and while she was telling us about her, she was smoking rum-flavored hookhah (there is rum flavored hookhah??). The driver dropped us off at the back door and we snuck back in the hotel. Crazy mann. We paid her extra ofc.

#LIT

I slept at 3am even though we were supposed to wake up at 5am. The next morning was terribly shitty.

[Canada] DAY 2: Chinatown

We finally had our dinner at a chinese restaurant. It's so nice eating your own ethnic foods after a long time lol

 The place feels like 8ave or Chinatown. It was like we were back in NYC :')

I love the food that was prepared for us! Peking duck (my favorite), eggplant, crab, bok choi, white chicken w/ ginger sauce and more. We were also served soup and a huge tub of rice.

Mad carbs lmao. I have never seen rice in such a large container.

We had sweet tofu pudding for dessert. It was delicious. What I love most is that there is wifi! I've noticed that there are many places with wifi. Rarely do chinese restaurants have wifi lol

Look at this fancy dollar mart; it looks mad big inside. There are bright lights and you can go downstairs. I wonder how big the store is lol

[Canada] DAY 2: CN Tower

Today's main attraction is the CN Tower which is the third tallest towers of the world. It stands 1,815' (553m).

holy shit lmao

Because the weather is so gloomy, the city does as well. There are several condos there and they cost at least three million dollars! 

 The CN Tower is also the first architectural building to have a glass floor. It was a weird feeling stepping on the glass at first lol

the helicopter was the only thing that stood out in the landscape of gray

replica in the gift shop!

[Canada] DAY 2: Skylon Tower

Lunch at Skylon tower, it's hella tall. We take the elevator to the top. As we ascend, we could see the almost everything!

The ground revolves so we can see the view of Niagara Falls as well as the entire city.

this is butter!

 The salmon was delicious! Canadian salmon is really something. However, it wasn't that filling. Why must rich people food be so small ;3;

 Vanilla ice cream with strawberry sauce. Sponge cake and peach slices are at the bottom.

As we ate, the ground rotates and we are given the view of the Niagara Falls as well as the entire city!

Our view from up high: I wish it was sunnier. It looked so gloomy :/

Next stop: CN Tower!