We’re here in one piece, staying at a very nice hostel that, despite all expectations, I in fact prefer to the last one I stayed at in Montreal. We pigged out on Lebanese food, which we’ve both missed, and marveled at how lots of the places we’d planned to go had changed in the years since we’ve lived in the city. Tomorrow, we’ll start out early and go to a few places we wanted to go, eat a few more things we’ve missed, have an evening coffee with my friend Astrid, and prepare to leave for Vancouver on Friday morning. …

Having just arrived late Friday, I realize now it’s already Sunday, and Wednesday morning, we’re off to Montreal. This trip is turning out to be altogether too brief for me. Ah well. We’re meeting some old friends of mine for dinner tonight, as my mother is working a shift tonight. I think we might go and do a tiny bit of shopping beforehand, if I can get Lime to wake up. She’s more jetlagged than I am, and still asleep now at 3pm Sunday. No photos yet. I’ve just stopped being dizzy and exhausted, so maybe today I’ll get some …

We’re flying in about 20 minutes. This time I’m posting from the posh, lovely, important-people lounge. Nice. I wanna coffee, so that’s it for now.