The French connection

I am now out of the U.S after my 3 month stint. And I am also past the 6 month mark since leaving home. When I landed in the U.K it was pretty much 6 months to the hour since I left Mums house!
The last 2 weeks in the U.S went by fast. And I feel I made the best of my time. After camp it was a rushed trip to the airport, for a destination of New York for the weekend. It was great to catch up with some good friends again. And especially good to meet up in the other side of the world!! We managed to make the most of our time by visiting the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Times Square and of course Central Park to name a few.
But before too long as is always the way, it was time to move on again. This time to Niagara Falls which takes my “wonders of the world' visits to 6 now, only 64 more to go. (from my book of wonders of the world). Due to the train station being much further from the falls than I had anticipated (like an hour walk more) and the train being 1.5 hours late. I didn't get a chance to go on the 'Maid in the mist' or the viewing deck. Where you can pretty much stand under the falls. And because I got there so late I was so frantic trying to take photos before the sun went down, that I didn't get to eat until midnight that night. That day I had only had Mc Donald's so I was pretty hungry! But I got my photos all the same. Crossed in to Canada, (which is much much nicer). To get wider shots. But by 10.30 I had had enough and was ready for dinner! So thankfully there was a Dennys which was actually pretty good. Especially at midnight! Because I was by myself the staff thought I was waiting for someone else so it took over half an hour before I had to ask them to take my order. Which I didn't mind because the train station that I had to go back to seemed pretty scary during the day. So I wasn't too keen to stay there after midnight. To prove it wasn't just me, when I asked a cop how safe the train station was at 3am he responded with “How many guns do you have?”. So I was able to stay at Dennys for a few hours until it was time to take a taxi to the station. And on my way to Montreal.

When the train crossed the border it took a long time before the customs cleared us. And I wasn't sure if I would get through as I didn't know if I needed a visa. But no problems and we rolled into Montreal at about 8.30. Its a really nice city, I was quite surprised at how strong the French influence is. I found it odd that when I started learning Spanish, all my college French started coming back to me. But when I tried to speak French my Spanish came back to me. But more often than not, when ever I tried to speak French they would answer me in English!! So sometimes you just cant win. My favorite part of Montreal would be the massive church that we visited, although I'm not sure of the name. The french influence is much stronger than I thought. And I did like the French pastries and tasty tretas! But after 2 busy days of seeing Montreal is was back onto the train and heading to New York again.............