chad's visit

On Thursday James’s friend Chad flew in a for a long weekend visiting in Montreal. It was quite a godsend, because he planned it so that he could watch Jeter while we were gone for a weekend of baseball games in Toronto. So Thursday night we took him around town and got some burgers and poutine at La Banquise, and stopped by the St. Sulpice Bar in the Latin Quarter. That night I also had a major milestone in my usage of French—I argued myself a discount while buying toothpaste at a pharmacy. They tried to overcharge me 50 cents (outrageous, I know!), but I caught their mistake and was eventually proven to be the victor. James and Chad thought I was pretty ridiculous for causing such a scene over 50 cents, but I was just trying to be treated fairly!

Friday after I got home from work we headed to Percival Molson Stadium at McGill University to catch a CFL game between the Montreal Alouettes and the Toronto Argonauts. It was a packed house for the game, as they were honoring one of their great receivers, BYU grad Ben Cahoon, at halftime, and the Alouettes’ QB was one TD pass away from breaking the CFL career record. He did indeed break the record right in front of us (we sat in the endzone), and it was pretty exciting even though I had never even heard of Victor Calvillo before J. Tickets were pretty reasonably priced ($28 a piece) and although the food was not (typical of stadiums) we still really enjoyed ourselves. (And the Alouettes won, 40-14.)