Week One Is Over

It's hard to believe I am through 3 of 7 classes here. This week went pretty quick. We went to the museum Wednesday. We only had an hour so I ran around like a mad man taking pictures as you can see. Then we came back to the dorms, ate, and got ready for Adele. We took a cab to the Air Canada Centre hopeful that we could get some tickets from a scalper. All of us, prepared to spend $60 per ticket, argued each other up to $80 than to $100 per ticket. Fortunately for our wallets, the scalpers wouldn't take less than $225 per ticket. So guess who didn't go see Adele. You guessed right. Oh well. So we did some exploring as is customary for us here. We found the craziest sports bar. It is two or three floors and as you can see in the pictures, there is a movie theater screen in there. Wild. Then we stopped at a couple other bars. Not too much excitement after that. We went to H&M again today. I am so glad there isn't one in Grand Rapids. Especially three blocks away. They have too much good stuff man. Ahmed, Courtney, and I did some walking around after H&M and found the Beverly Hills of Toronto. Ouch. Harry Winston, Tiffanys, Gucci, Prada, Hermes, etc. We walked into this one store, I can't remember the name of it, but it is the Canadian equivalent of Saks I was told. We each wandered around in awe as we pretended we could afford the $1,400 pair of blue jeans. --Are you serious? Who buys this stuff? On top of that, Canada has like a 13% sales tax. If you do the math, the sales tax is over $180. That means, the sales tax on that pair of pants, is more than I have ever spent on a pair of jeans. Ridiculous!-- After that, we needed something to drink so we stopped at a juice bar. Courtney bought me a shot of wheatgrass. If you have never had it, really, you are not missing anything. It tasted like wet hay mixed with old grass clippings stewed in gutter water. But I guess when someone asks me next time if I want a shot of wheat grass I will know the answer. After the wheatgrass, we did some more walking. Then we stopped and got haircuts. I swear, for three straight guys, we do spend a lot of time shopping. *HAHAHA* When in Rome, right? Tonight the plan is to head out toward the lake district I think. Evidently there is a bunch of restaurants and bars on the water. We'll see I suppose. I will do my best to update you guys daily. Sometimes I may post a couple things, other days, I may forget or get caught up. Until then, happy reading!!!