Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Merci Montréal, Tu es Formidable!

Home sweet home
Riding on the bus
Looking out the window last Autumn
Look, our building!
Fun painted Metro Station. Next stop after ours going West
Walking along tree lined streets
He helped me organize my closet when I first arrived- heart him!!!
Tim Hortons!
I am so happy, and consider myself pretty darn fortunate to have been able to live in such an amazing (foreign) city. I will very soon be leaving it. I am going to miss it so much. I will miss it and all the friends I made here. I will greatly miss my wonderful congregation Viau. I will miss walking (remember my earlier posts? I was not a fan of the walking) to the local stores, riding on the metro, i will even miss traveling on the bus and just never having to sit in traffic- ever, Tim Hortons, Rue Mont Royal, Mont Royal park, the underground "endless shopping", La Grand Bibliotèque library, Sesame Snaps, the Vietnamese sandwich shop on Ontario close to the KH where Ab and I sometimes meet for a yummy sandwich-we did that yesterday :), I am going to miss our small studio apartment with its BIG view of the city- [tear], all the beautiful trees that line the streets of the city....hmmmm, it seems I will miss a lot, enough to give someone second thoughts about leaving- almost. I will miss you so much, place I called home for the first year of marriage- an awesomely wonderful year, and some change. I leave and will be back. I have to, there is still so much I haven't explored here in Quebec. To all my friends that are from here: Thank you from the bottom of my heart for everything! For being the wonderful people that you are. To have welcomed my in such a loving way. For sometimes being my French teachers, for helping me find my way in a strange city- it really never felt all that strange actually. For inviting and joining me out in Service { I think I will miss all the stairs ;) } For always being willing to lend a helping hand whether it was a ride to the grocery store, rendezvous for service, assembly... I even got the chance to make it to Spanish assemblies- that meant SO much to me, gracias! For including Abner and I in always fun-filled and encouraging times at get - together's and outings. I will never forget you guys- how could I? You helped make my move here so pleasant. I will make sure to always do my best to keep in touch. I will continue to blog and this way let you in a little on what goes on in my/Abner's life where ever I/we may be ~ Votre Soeur Sandra xxxxx

Thursday, October 07, 2010

Our Central Park- kind of

I have some blogs that haven't been posted yet... I will get around to it. I haven't really been quite in the mood to blog lately. So much going on... Today Abner told me about this site where I can make videos with images and video clips. I like it. In this video you will see what I did today... I took a stroll (hike and frantic run) in Mt. Royal Park, a mini mountain located in the center of the city. It wasn't raining today, so I decided to do the walk up to the top. And then, while I was still up there it started to rain. It rained hard. I ran down that mountain so fast I don't know how I didn't fall and eat it on that bumpy, steep path. I mean, I wasn't quite prepared with proper running in the mountains kind of gear... however, I. Loved. It. What a cool little adventure. And this time I made it all the way to the top, where I found some amazing views! This is also where I spotted the rain coming. There I was taking in the gorgeous views when all of a sudden a runner- complete with fancy running gear- told me that the rain was coming, and how yesterday she had stayed up there too long and got drenched... Then she told me to look to the left...Yikes! The rain was coming! I got wet, but it was worth it.
Thank you self-timer for making pictures of me possible.