Getting used to Montreal

Hi,

I know it's been a while.
I've settled in into my room and shared housing and my roommates are great :)
Been looking for a job since I've arrived here but still no luck, had some interviews but nothing more.
Is it because they know that I'm here with a working holiday so not planning to stay long? Not that I tell them that :)
So now I've decided that instead of stressing around about not finding a job I just need to enjoy my time here and work out my next steps on this journey.
Planning now to go do some national parks with my roommate probably, so that should be fun :)
Also looking to maybe go a few days to Ottawa to visit and of course i have to go visit Toronto and the Niagara falls  while I'm still on this side of Canada.
So with all this on the planning for next month I should have enough to post also :)
What I love about the place where I stay now is that even if it still is in the city it's not downtown so really chill. I even made a friend who comes almost each day :) haha it's a squirrel and he's just so cute (if you know me you know I love animals)
My room has a view on the little garden so I have a good look at it :)
I've been to the Firework festival here in Montreal last saturday because it was a Game of Thrones theme, but did not see any dragons :) but it was nice fireworks.
Also this saturday I go to the just for laughs festival, which is all about comedy. So on demand of my sister I'm going to see the Tiffany Hadish gala :) my sister is such a big fan and I thing she was so funny in Girls trip, so looking forward to that :)
For the rest I try to enjoy myself the best I can, sometimes it's weird to do things by myself, but I'm getting there :)

Love,
Sarah

Montreal

Hi,

The past days I've been looking for a job and place to stay for the summer time.
I found a place to stay (still waiting on last details), but still looking for a job.
Saturday I will leave for 2 weeks to Ile d'Orleans for a volunteering job in a motel.
I will keep you posted on how that goes :)
After those 2 weeks I'll go volunteering in a small town moving a back down a bit, to help with dogs and feeding cows. Looking forward to that.
And end of june I'll go back to Montreal to stay at the place I found and hopefully start working in a job I'm still looking for. If anyone has some tips about jobs, it's more than welcome.

But meanwhile I've still been up to visiting a bit more of this beautiful city.
The part I love the most is the old part of time, but for us europeans this is not that old :)
Saturday i finally got my canadian phone number and after that I walked till the Mont Royal.
On top I've meet up with a friend from the hostel. I didn't know you could go up by bus (like she did) so I walked till the top. It was more than 300m high and it was really steep. Some crazy people did it while running, but most people walked and were tired like me. I was so happy there was a drinking fountain on top cause my water ran out quickly. It was a very nice view of the city.
Went to visit the Biosphere but it was closed, but got a good close look of it. But I saw a bit of the wildlife around it.
But I'll be back in summer time to see more of it and the little islands around it.
And of course my sister comes after summer to join me further on my path in Canada.


My next post will probably be next week when I arrive on Ile d'Orleans.

Love,
Sarah

First days in Montreal

Hi,

So my long time dream came out and now I'm here alone in Canada :)
Not that my dream was to up here alone, but I'm pretty social and my sister comes in September :)
I've settled in the hostel and I have 2 nice roommates, so for that I'm happy.
It's my first time in a hostel so that will take some adjustments  for me, like living with so much people together. At home we're at 6 but up here it's a lot more, but I will get used to it, I hope ;)

On the plane from Iceland (my layover) I met a nice girl from Manchester who is here to stay a few months. So the first day she invited me to stay over at Verdun ( a part of Montreal). We had a walk in the streets up there, it's so nice and you have a lot of vintage stores. It was such nice weather so we got us some fresh fruit and went to sit in the park to enjoy the view and weather.
After that I went back to the old port area where I'm staying. I had my dinner by the water, with an amazing view. It's such a nice area to walk around, I've did almost the whole of the walk around it. I think there will be a lot to do there in the summer. There were already a few food trucks and music.

The second day I went and did all my paper work and got myself a canadian phone number :)
So now the job and apartment hunting can start :)

I will see if maybe I'll find something to do in the weekend, maybe going to a bar or party.
Keep posted for the rest of the adventure, I'll try to post as much as I can.


Love,
Sarah