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Shoulds

I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned this but I’m off to France in less than a week! I studied abroad there in college and I try to go back every year or two to visit the Host Fam. This time Boyfriend is meeting me there for a few weeks of sunshine and culture shock. :]

While this is all very awesome and exciting, I’ve been absolutely terrible at getting ready for this trip! I should really start carrying a small notebook to write down all of the things I suddenly think of to pack.

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To be fair, I tossed my passport in the front pocket as well as a travel adapter so I’ve got the very bare necessities. Andd I have clothes (but no undies) for about three days. Go me!

Andd here’s all of the stuff I’ve meant to blog about but haven’t gotten around to finishing because of the stupid heat.

These are all about 90% done but need an hour or two of tweaking to be finished and wearable. Look for them soon..ish.

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PS this pen tablet is so much fun! You’ll have to forgive the blatant overuse.

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Montreal!

This past weekend Boyfriend and I rented a car and drove up to Montreal for a much-needed mini-holiday. Hooly crap, neither of us wanted to come home.

We got in really late on Friday night so we basically wandered looking for food and then passed out. The next morning we drove up to the mountain and walked around. So pretty! It was pretty warm out but still a bit foggy so none of those pictures turned out great.

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There was, however, tons of SNOW! I was basically in heaven.

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From there, we drove over to the botanical gardens to take a peek. There may have been varying levels of goofing around.

And lots of pretty plants!

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There also were butterflies, which for some reason, I found terrifying. Boyfriend was amused by the butterflies nom-ing on orange slices.

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There was also an insectarium but after all the walking we were pretty exhausted. There may have been a tiny nap to recuperate.

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Afterwards we headed a few blocks down to Old Montreal for dinner. Super gorgeous and totally made me excited for our France trip this summer.

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There may have been some St Patty’s Day celebrations after dinner, which may have involved some (i.e. lots of) amazing Canadian beer and bagels. On Sunday we did some last minute wandering and stopped at the store for maple syrup and car snacks and went on our way back to Boston.

Of course the trip back included some goofing off as well, especially when we found honey sticks at a gas station.

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All in all, a totally awesome trip. We were only there for two days and we didn’t get to do most of the things on our list so we’ll definitely be going back.

Especially since everyone there speaks French! Ahhh I miss French! -le sigh-

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