Well, come here on November 12, just a week ago I have already fixed apartment, computer and reliable Internet connection.
All right, Montreal is a big city, which to some extent, even though everything is new, very familiar to me and I feel so strange. I'm living with two friends, Rafael and Paola (see the link to the blog Ralphmaster which is in the sidebar), and the three rented an apartment and share expenses.
The city is nice, especially at night. French is quite characteristic accent which I'm slowly getting used to at first but it was hard enough getting used to me ear. It's very cosmopolitan city, you can ride on the public transport system (which incidentally, is excellent) and hear about 8 languages \u200b\u200bbefore arriving at your destination.
Everywhere, including areas residential, is common to find bars, restaurants and other establishments where you serve, "serveuse Sexy." They are naked gals in thongs or bring you food on the table, it is because I have said it, not because it has entered ... seriously. I say that these sites are frequented mostly by old people, because the food is quite expensive, for that service. The strange thing is that nobody is shocked, I'm talking about that you can see even in residential areas, next to your house, I do not see a gringo supporting your 8 year old son see it every day when going to school . Montrealers quite liberal.
Another thing I saw in Venezuela, with the collective paranoia that exists there was a 10-year Chamito going alone on the subway, and who knows how many buses to their school. And that people leave the doors of your home if it is really key. These details only do that for me, worth coming here.
The other day, for example, I will spend an avenue of rapid movement, with widely spaced traffic lights, by a point on which there is a scratch but there is no traffic light. Seeing a car coming through that avenue as I stand in the hatch, on the edge of the sidewalk waiting to happen ... and the car slows. I'm half bewildered and not until a second car coming the other channel and also slows me realize that they are slowing down for me to pass.
These are the things that are worthwhile. If you like rumba on Fridays and Saturdays, eating out at an expensive restaurant 6.7 times per month, go to the movies every Sunday and roulette in the car with no destination, stay in Venezuela, because it is very expensive here (oh, and if they are chavistas Stay there too, because that is going to come ...). If you like the security and peace, good educational institutions for their children, pay high taxes to be paid to see high quality of service by the government and do not mind enduring cold, Canada is a good country to live.
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