Catching Our Second Wind

When we got back to the hotel, we had about 2 and a half hours before meeting Lauren for dinner.

We were so exhausted that when we got to the room, we all crashed.  It was about 4:30pm, and we all took naps for about an hour before visiting the hotel bar for Happy Hour (The hotel gave us two free drink coupons per person).  We met Lindsey's sister at 7pm in the hotel lobby, and went to Montreal's Chinatown.  We ate at "La Maison de V.I.P." and had some really incredible Chinese food.  We mistakenly ordered a "dinner for four," and had way more food than any of us could put down.  The waitstaff was pretty funny, too.  One of the waiters brought our soup and, as he set the first bowl on the table, said, "Wonton Soup.  Ding dong!"  

When we left the restaurant, we saw a street sweeper that resembled an anteater.  We headed back to the hotel, and Lindsey and her sister kicked it for a while and called their parents while Nicole and I headed down to the lobby to give them some space and to have some adventures of our own.  

In the lobby, we found out that we could use the Bonaventure Hilton's swimming pool, which was on the roof of the hotel.  I got really excited about this fact and took the map from the concierge and slapped it across the desk, saying, with lots of feeling, "Welcome to Canada!"  Nicole and I walked away flabbergasted about what had just come out of my mouth, but laughing hysterically at the same time.

Later on, Nicole disappeared to some obscure part of the lobby.  When I found her, she was reading French phrases off of the map to herself, out loud.  Then she began to sing, and finally started humming to herself, before going, "Oh!" and dropping the map to find me standing there laughing hysterically.  

We finally went back to the room, told Lauren goodbye, and Lindsey, Nicole and I headed out for a night on the town...

Relaxing in the room.

The street-cleaner.

Lindsey and Lauren.