Counting down... 48 hours

I wrote this yesterday, and am posting it tonight, so things are a little off.

Today, I am blogging out of sheer boredom.  Here I am, in the hotel lobby once again, listening to Backstreet Boys, dreaming of Starkville.  Daydreaming, I guess you could call it.

The whole trip has gone by fast… until today.  Or yesterday, really.  What did we do yesterday?  I can’t even remember.  OH, I gave my presentation!  It went very well; I talked about the history of music in Quebec and then taught the class “O Canada” in French.  (Did you know the original version of the national anthem was in French?? I didn’t!)  I was super nervous, but talking faster in French worked to my advantage because I guess it sounded more natural.  Supposedly.

Celine made an appearance in my presentation, of course.

So, then the only thing that stood between me and two A’s in summer school (6 hrs. credit) was our final, which we took this morning!  Anna and I attempted to study yesterday afternoon… but we had to search high and low for motivation. 

I was very tempted to nap… but I didn’t.

Last night for dinner Anna and I got back on the “local restaurant” bandwagon and tried “Chez Temporel,” really close to our hotel.  I had a delicious croque monsieur.  I also had gazpacho (I don’t know how to spell it?)… but I am not a big fan of cold soup.

As usual, we had to go find dessert, too.  That’s another reason I’m ready to get to the Chi O house – so that dessert won’t be staring me in the face everywhere I go!  Thank goodness for the hills in this city.  (Did I really just say that?)

We actually did study last night.  I had a solid Internet connection for at least an hour, so of course I took advantage of that.  Then I studied.  I was SO ready to get that exam behind me!

The test this morning went well, and as expected I was relieved.  Anna and I swore we wouldn’t go back to the mall, but we did.  In our defense, we went to look for a picture frame and photo place because we took a group picture with the cute Japanese couple who owns the hotel.

And we went back to H&M.

But don’t worry, we didn’t buy anything.  Luckily Sadly The things I wanted didn’t fit.  We did have a bit of a time trying to find a photo place… but we got it taken care of.

Before our photo adventure we went to the Civilization museum and saw a great exhibit on Rome.  Plus, we learned more about the history of Quebec.  Well worth our time.  Here are some pics!

Note: This is not to scale.

Cool

Pretty

Champlain... who else.

Some exhibit about how much people in other countries eat per week...

Obviously I took a picture of my native land, the good old US of A.

So, here I am, hungry and bored.  What else is new.  The boredom is kind of new, but that problem will be solved in less than 48 hours!

This trip has been absolutely fabulous and I can’t wait to tell stories that I haven’t included in my blog!  I have lots of souvenirs that I want to show everyone, too!  I just don’t have enough room in my suitcase to bring back something for everyone. J