Back to Montreal on Sunday

I'm so excited to come back to Montreal! Back to my family, Christmas cheer, my bathtub (oh how I miss my bathtub)! And back to the Canadian winter, but only for a week, which is about as much as anyone really needs. Here's what I have to look forward to:

You don't get this picture everyday.

Me, standing on the roof of Jared's building, with Notre Dame behind me.

Taking advantage of "free Sunday"

Right now it's 12:36am and I am just lying on my bed completely relaxed. I finished my presentation, I just wrote a test for my Roman, Cinema, Societe class, and I have no school tomorrow. Ahhh... Life is sweet. Matt just left a little while ago. He came over "to do homework," but we just ate some steak, got buzzed off Malibu and Coke (too sweet to get drunk with as I discovered), and looked at cute guys on MySpace (one of the most fun things to do with a gay friend is check out guys together).

This past Sunday was a "free Sunday," meaning that many of the sites and museums were free because it was the first Sunday of the month. I got to see the Musee D'Orsay for the first time this trip (I did go 8 years ago though). It was amazing! Overwhelming even. It was filled with some of the most famous Monets, Manets, Gaugins, Renoirs, Van Goghs, etc... Here are some examples:

Manet

Monet

Many Van Goghs

Cezanne

Renoir

I don't know who did this one, but she looks tres sexy with that cigarette, no?

I also don't know who did this sculpture, but you've gotta appreciate that this photo rocks!

Degas

Afterwards I got to check out Sainte-Chapelle, a church built in the 1200s by Louis IX to hold Jesus' crown of thorns (he actually paid more for the crown than to build the church!) It has some of the most magnificent stained-glass windows in the world.

The famous rose window of Ste-Chapelle which, according to my guide, depicts the Apocalypse.

And then we headed to the Conciergerie, which used to be a prison. During the Revolution they held prisioners here before sending them to be guillotined at Place de la Concorde (Marie-Antionette was held here).

That's about all for now! I'm going to hit the shower and get some shut eye.