Proud To Be Canadian

Woke up at Khalid's place in Montreal , bright and early to watch Canada play Sweden in the Gold Medal Game at the Olympics . Wow what a treat , couldn't have started the day any better . It is definitely going down as one of those where were you when this happened questions ! Well .... when Canada DOMINATED in the Gold Medal game at the Olympics in 2014 i was watching it with the President of the Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation in Montreal :) we did a lot of jumping up and down , high fiving , also broke my iphone's case .... yeah the one i paid 25 pounds for in Birmingham :( whatever it was so worth it !

After the big win Khalids kids had the urge to go skating so we drove out to Wal-Mart . This seems very odd right ? Well believe it or not Wal-Mart built a natural ice rink for people to use at absolutely no cost ! The ice was pretty rough , to the point where i can say i have seen better ice in some tropical countries ... they had a trailer for people to put their skates on . There were a couple of musicians playing folk music with a fiddle and some spoons , it was pretty cool actually .... the kids had a great time flopping around on the ice while Khalid and i chilled out on the chairs they had set out :)

We went for a bite to eat at Jarry's Deli ... of course i had another smoked meat sandwich which was pretty good but i still say Schwartz's is better . Next time i will have to try Main which i was told trumps both of the other places i went to . After we ate the kids wanted to go back for another skate , well they only have 2 pairs of skates for the 4 kids to share so i guess they planned it that way . When we got back Adil met us and swept me off on a tour of the city which started with a stop for a quick photo of the Bell Center where the Montreal Canadiens try to play hockey :P after that we drove by Momesso's which is owned by former player Sergio Momesso . Adil asked if i wanted to go in and i thought it wasn't gonna be much to go in to see , unfortunately from what i have seen online i should have gone in !!! My big regret for the weekend ... After we drove by there we continued to Ed Meagher Arena where the Concordia Stingers play . Adil thought there was a hockey game against McGill , when we arrived the parking around rink was full so we parked went inside grabbed tickets because there was a game on and when we got in we realized it was a woman's game . Now it wasn't bad but we really went because Adil wanted me to meet one of his Moroccan team mates . So he called him to find out that they already played their game on Friday and lost . Well we are here anyways might as well enjoy the game .... then security comes over to tell us that our car is running ?!?!?!?! Adil hops up and bolts , he has an auto starter that seems to have a mind of its own lately . When he got back the game was almost over and Concordia's women's team had their ass' handed to them with a 10-2 loss to McGill ... yikes !

After the game Adil and i went to his place to drink a couple beers then he dropped me off at Khalid's for dinner . We went out to a Chinese buffet ... i am telling you all these guys are trying to fatten me up LOL . I can't keep up with these Moroccan power eaters , they are eating machines ! Food was great but i think we were all pretty tuckered out from the long day we experienced so when we got to Khalids after we all kinda crashed out . I have to fly home tomorrow and i am gonna miss these guys .... the thought of Canada's Gold Medal makes everything feel better though :)