My birthday

Last weekend marked my final weekend before turning 28. My friend Wei had never been to Montreal before. Since she is going back to school in Thunder Bay, we decided to take her to Montreal for a day trip. Coincidentally it was also my birthday. Around 9:30AM, Dennis, Tony, Wei, and I were already on our way. Two hours later, we arrived at St-Joseph Oratory. As songs echoed in our ears, we walked past Mass that was taking place inside the church. The escalator took us to a large balcony, from where we could see half of Montreal. After a dozen camera clicks, we headed towards Mount Royal. It's a large hill at the center of the Montreal Island. At the hill top, the view of Downtown Montreal is wrapped under our eyes. The skyline of downtown Montreal is blended with St-Laurent river winding from behind and the Rougement mountain far in the horizon. Climbing down Mount Royal, we were all hungry and thirsty, so we stopped by the world famous Schwartz' restaurant for Hebrew style smoked meat. The fatty and juicy meat was so delicious that we all came out of the restaurant with a full tummy. As Dennis suggested, we went down to the famous shopping district of St-Catherine Street to satisfy our shopping eagerness. We shopped from Guess to BR, from Mexx to Zara, until the stores were closed. With our broken feet from too much walking, we headed towards Old Montreal. After a tedious drive-around to find parking spot, we were able to stand by and enjoy some local Artists perform stunts and shows. IAlso, we enjoyed a meal at a pub in Old Montreal in the music of guitar and Beatles songs. Knowing that it was my birthday, my friends purposely drove around trying to find cheese cake. We ended up at the Montreal Casino. After two rounds of trials at the Roulette, we ended the day savouring the cheese cake at the Casino.