Of Montréal

Today I got a haircut in Montreal at a very cool salon. It was all white and modern inside and the employees were all young and attractive. I had to phone for an appointment and ask on the phone 'Parlez-vous anglais?'. I'm pleasantly surprised at how prevalent French is here. As I was talking to my hairdresser I found out that
she is the bass player from Pony Up. She was really lovely.

Montreal is a gorgeous city with lots of cool bars, shops, buildings. people are amazingly friendly, everything is different because it's in French. Anik says my pronunciation is good. I even tried a little smalltalk with the taxi driver tonight. I'm getting more confident by the day.

In the afternoon Jo, Jason, Dane, Claire and I climbed to the top of Mount Royal. it took forever and my feet kill, but we saw the giant cross lit by light bulbs. kind of
surreal. the city is warm and safe and chilled out. I want to live here.