Fin.

Well, the end has come. Today I presented my poster, as did most of my friends here, got lunch with my adviser and a colleague, went to a paper symposium, had dinner with a whole bunch of fun people, and then went out on the town. Not too many pictures blogosphere-worthy/family-friendly snapped today. ;-)

Enjoy!

My adviser and I.

A, me, M, and C.

A and I by his poster.

C, A, D, M, and I.

Went out with a bang! Two hours until I have to be at the airport. Then snooze...

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Quartier Latin, etc

This post requires some mood music! I asked a mademoiselle at a bookshop for some popular artistes in Quebec et Montreal (this will stop once I'm back on US soil, I promise). This is one of her recommendations:

This song mentions a bar on rue Saint Denis, which Mayra and I walked a good portion! Yay! Anyway, the photographs!

Outside of Montreal's Notre Dame!

Fin du monde! Sacre bleu!

We went back to old Montreal to see it in the daytime and to check out the old port.

And the lovely Mayra.

We've been doing a lot of this.

LOVE the SIGN. Wanted to steal it.

Walking along the ports.

It was COLD! Windy, snowy/rainy, wet cold.
Brr...

So we hopped into the market to do a little browsing and to warm up!

Then we enjoyed hot chocolates and, I, a mousse.
This is heaven. This is what heaven looks like.

After warming up and chit chat, we headed to Quartier Latin for shopping and perusing.
This was a hip happenin' part of town.

The best travel companion ever.

Fin du monde! Sacre bleu!

And one last one of Quartier Latin.

Tomorrow is my last day in Montreal. Sadness. I don't want to leave! Tomorrow I have my poster presentation, as do my friends, and I'm going to try to run into some Auburn people. Then Mayra and I will be heading to the airport at 4 AM. :-O And back to reality...

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Vieux Montréal, etc

Super fun day. Lots of thinking about Davis vs. Auburn. Big decision being made in a big, fun city. Enjoy these photos!

Canadian money is Lisa Frank inspired.

Outside our hotel.

It wouldn't be French anything without a protest!

Yours truly at le palais des congrès.
We had lunch with other grad students of friends of my adviser.
It was very fun. Developmentalists are great people.
We're a ridiculously nerdy, hilarious bunch.

Hehehe. Grabbed snacks before I went to a symposium on dating and girls' delinquent behavior in adolescence!
I was curious about raisin flavored Crush until I remembered that raisin is French for grape.
I think I'm going to invent sundried grape soda.
Later Mayra and I went shopping and walking around Montreal...

 

 

This picture is especially for Ali.

The placement of books in this bookstore was pretty hilarious.

And this one takes the cake. Yep, that belongs in the children's section!

Lovely Mayra on our stroll.

C'est moi.

Creepiest thing I have EVER seen. It looked so haunted!

Bizarre.

Another view of le palais des congrès.

En vieux Montréal.

One of many photographs of vieux Montréal.

POUTINE!

I have to mention that Mayra is so, so, so wonderful to travel with! We're having a blast. We're both very laid back travel types, so that makes it fun and easy. We ended up having dinner at 10 PM in a Polish restaurant in old Montreal. We talked about where I should do my PhD... she's so helpful.

I've got a lot of Mayra love over here!

Tomorrow brings more talks and maybe poster sessions. Definitely some tasty food and hopefully a little schnockering.

Merveilleux!

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