Mon: Montreal...

Mon: Today headed to old montreal, which has the cobblestone walkways. Most of the signs are in French in Montreal. I do find that many if not all the people I have met speak both French and English. The articteure is quite beatiuful and the color of the homes are really nice. Montreal is known for it's beautiful parks, articeture, and of course the beautiful fashion. Doesn't matter how the woman look, but it's their attitude and the way they carry themselves that makes them atractive. I have found the people to be very friendly and helpful here. It is Europe in North America. There is unforutnately not alot of the historical things to see here, but it does have beauty. I guess you can say nothing is perfect!

Sat & Sun: Montreal, Canada

Sat & Sun: The hostel owner at the first place was from Tahiti, which makes sense as that was consider as Tahiti was part of French Polynesisa. Today was my officially first day in Montreal. I knew I was in a French province when the manager who was helping me with my computer access to the internet, he told me that my computer security might not be secure and that it is like making love without a condom. I just laughed typical French.

I got to my new hostel and went straight for one of the traditionally places to eat at Schwartz, where according to the receptionist guy is where most of the rock starts go. It is known for it's boiled Jewish Romanian beef. Got there and sat at the counter, met some locals. Met a couple of guys from Morroco, found out that the north and south part of Morocco were occupied by the French and the middle section was occupied by the Spanish. Some cool places to go are Marakesh and Fez. The beef sandwich was fantastic, it's boiled meat marnaded with seasoning and they usually serve it as a sandwich with mustard of course I had to have a nice pickle to go with it. They charge more if you sit down vs. taking the sandwich out, found out alot of other restaurants in Montreal do this. Then took a stroll to the park close by and the trees were beautiful in their bright yellows, oranges, and red. They had some musicians playing in the park.

Went out with my roommate Veronica to Rue Dennis to have a glass of beer. Veronica being from Germany told me that Germans when they start drinking drink beer with coke, so that's what ordered, I tried some and it wasn't bad. Saw a couple having beer with maple syrup. Interesting....

Chicago/Purdue/Cleveland/Rochester...

Wed: Well we arrived in Chicago to come to much cooler weather and lots of flat land. Headed to the hotel and met up with some former co-workers from Motorola Daina and Nesli. We caught up on old times.

Thurs: Went to go see my little niece that was just borned last month and then headed for some sightseeing of downtown Chicago. Went to go get some coffee and met a nice girl who couldn't stop giving us free samples of candy. I must say it is nice to come back to the midwest and see the genuiely friendly I meet here. People are generally more real, direct, and friendly. I guess it may go with the landscape.

Fri/Sat: Went to my aunt and uncles house for dinner with the family and then went to my cousins house on Sat.

Sun: Headed to my former college roomate Patti's house to see her and her family in Aurora, my have things changed from the time we were in college.

Mon: Went to go walk around my former college of Purdue. Had the famous chilli fries at the Yacht club. My how so many things have changed. No more TA Tom's where we would go for dancing, nor Pete's for their famous $.10 chicken wing special. The Union where we would go study now has many different restaurants in them, it has completely changed. La Bamba my favorite mexican place is no longer there, nor the stuffed Pizza that we had.

Tues: Headed to Cleveland, where I have lived from 2nd to 6th grade.

Wed: Reunited with my former grade school friend Holly after not being in contact after 20 years. She is still the same. She has a teenage son living in a cute home in Painesville with her boyfriend. Unfortuantely Holly's sister Jane did not turn out so well as she has been on drugs and has really gone through alot of problems. Then went out with my friend from San Fran's friend and his family that night out in Pepper Pike at a cute little Lebanese place. Drove around my old neighborhood in Twinsburg, known for it's Twins day and Aurora Shores. My how things have changed in Twinsburg it it now more upscale.

Thurs: Headed to Buffalo to see the Niagara Falls and to eat some good chicken wings at the famous Archers Bar.

Fri: Headed to Rochester to see a former highschool friend Kim. Kim lives in Webster with her husband and son Pete. It was great to see Kim and her family I had not seen her since 2000, she had gotten married in 2002 and had a son last year. It was great to see Kim, but very hard to see her in her condition and the pain she goes thru everyday as she has severe artithis and it was very painful for her moving around. It's very hard for her to get up in the morning and get Pete ready her husband Bill does a great job helping her out. Kim is a trooper and does not let her condition stop her from doing anything. Kim is still the same a strong woman that will get thru things. As I went and visited my friends I realize that people really never change. My friend Kim and Holly are pretty much the same even with life's changes. I really think it takes a very big change in life to really change people.

Sat. Went to Cortland where I have lived from Kindergarten to about 2nd grade. Upstate NY is beautiful for it's foilage, I saw beautiful yellow, red, orange, marron all different colors of leaves, just absolutely beautiful. Fall is my favorite season. Passed by my old house where we used to get syrup from the maple trees around and the neighborhood I grew up in, so many things have changed. It was nice to see that there were corn fields still around the neighborhood just like I remember. I went to the grade school I went to which was at one time part of campus at Suny at Cortland. Drove up to Montreal and passed the 1,000 islands.They are literally small islands with homes on them an the trees are beautiful with the foliage.

Northeast Trip...

Well I have decided to extend my trip and make a roadtrip through the US and parts of Canada to enjoy the beautiful foliage here.