Mont Royal offers some
of the most fantastic views of Montreal and they are just as spectacular by
night. The weather last week was beautiful and so the evenings were warm and
the sky clear giving perfect panoramas of the city, spotlighted by the full
moon. McGill has some fantastic facilities for exchange students including the
McGill International Student Network (MISN) who organise social events across
Montreal and even Canada. Last week they organised a night time walk up Mont
Royal complete with glow-sticks and doughnuts at the top!
The sun has been shining all week, perfect weather to study (or not) in the sun! There's lots of green space across campus which makes university a fantastic place to be, working or not. It is not unusual to see people juggling and slack lining across the university and on Thursday I even stumbled across an aboriginal festival on lower field! Lots of people were dressed traditionally and everyone was asked to join in the singing and dancing.

After a few drinks I headed out to a club on St Denis for an electro swing night! Everyone was dressed up in all manner of costumes and the venue was awesome. The DJs were fantastic, accompanied by live musicians, belly dancers and even a girl dancing around on stilts!! We attended the swing class at the start of the evening that gave us all the moves we could possibly need and proceeded to dance the night away until we were just too tired to continue!

On Saturday I ventured to explore the Old Port with Marie and I was not disappointed. The port itself is pretty industrial but the local area is lovely with lots of artists and little cafes. I came across more inspiring street art and some of the most beautiful autumn trees that I've seen so far! We also went to see an exhibition on The Beatles. It was very cool (nothing on the museum in Liverpool!) but also a little strange- Montreal seemed to have been completely obsessed with the band on the back of only one visit!

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