Montreal Cont'd

Monday, January 4, 2010

I thought that I would upload some photos so that everyone could see what type of city Montreal was. This first photo is of a street in the downtown. There are a lot of tall buildings here and it is very nice to be in a big city again. Also Montreal has the largest underground network of galleries in the world. You never need to go above ground, it is awesome. Great shopping.

Earlier today we did a scavenger hunt across the downtown area of Montreal. The following is a picture of myself, Kelly Truesdale, and Emily Crow as we are doing the scavenger hunt. As you can see we are all bundled up nicely.

The following is what happens when you bring a South Carolinian who did his undergrad in Miami to Montreal. Kelly has really never seen snow, and as you can see he is losing his mind.

I on the other hand am a bit less enthused about the snow, and the consistent negative temperatures when wind chill is factored in.

Montreal is amazingly diverse. And so we decided to get some Lebanese food for dinner. This is a Shwarma. It consists of shaved meat, tomatoes, hummice, lettuce, cucumber sauce, and a pink pickle. Delicious.

Please stay tuned for more pics on the way tomorrow. As a final note, if anyone feels like visiting Europe, but can't afford the ticket just come to Montreal. It really feels like Europe here.

American Airlines Vouchers Saga

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Well we officially used our American Airlines vouchers yesterday. Yes that's right got them and used them 5 hours later. But in order to use them, we have to mail them in, separately no less. Then we have to use special wording on the envelope, and special numbers. Then and only then will they email us our itineraries. Yet again an example of an extremely poorly managed company. And they wonder why they are losing a crap load of money all the time. But on the plus side, we will be seeing you all in Feb. We are pumped to say the least.

Getting to Montreal

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Normally flying to a new city is usually no big deal for me, but this time it was different. The first leg of our flight today was from Charlotte to Chicago O'Hare. I had had one previous run in with O'Hare on my way to Rome and a 2 hour layover turned into 6, needless to say i was not pleased. This time would however prove to me that Chicago was ready to repent of its previous transgressions.

First of all we had a perfect view of the skyline from the plane as we flew in over Lake Michigan. I have not been to Chicago really since I lived there when I was not old enough to remember it. My visit this time, however, started off with a 10am Chicago Dog (couldn't pass it up). Then as we were about to board our flight they asked for 7 volunteers to leave two hours later and receive a $250 travel voucher. The group was all for this, and since I am trying to scrounge the money together to come out and see everyone for Conner's wedding I wasn't about to complain. So went and got lunch and came back. And to our surprise, they oversold the flight again and were offering a $250 travel voucher but to leave a 7:45 pm. Well the group was hesitant about arriving so late. However, when we talked to them they offered to switch us to Air Canada leaving at 4:00pm. So we took. For having not spent any money and then making $500 in travel vouchers, I would say this trip is a success already.

O' Canada

Friday, January 1, 2010

I will be off to Canada tomorrow for the Molson International Case Competition for the next 8 days. We will be preparing anywhere between 6-10 cases over 5 days and competing with schools from around the world. Its my first time to Montreal. Stay tuned for some exciting posts coming up.

Happy Birthday Michelle!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Happy Birthday Michelle, from Delilah and I.

We hope that your birthday is great, and we look forward to having a great day with you!

Boldly not studying at all this weekend!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

I was hoping not to get burned out from work and school until next week, but alas it could not be stopped. And what was the chief culprit of my distraction. Star Trek movies. Oh man I love watching the Original Star Trek movies. Kirk is just so much better than everyone else. It all started when I figured out that I can watch Divx, and Avi formatted films from a flash drive on my PS3. So I have spent all weekend downloading the movies via torrents, and watching Star Trek 2-6. What a wonderful weekend. Anyone else enjoy some Star Trek?

P.S. Just ask Michelle how much she has been enjoying them (I think you will be surprised by her answer, she's such a closet nerd).

ACCEPTED!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Well it is official. After talking with Chrysler today and hammering out some details I have signed and sent my offer letter into Chrysler. We will probably be moving up to Auburn Hill, MI right after graduation. The position is the Chrysler Leadership Development Program. The job sounds really good, with lots of access to the top management. It's going to be a huge leap, but I think it is the right decision. Michelle and I have given it a lot of thought, and we feel that there is no way we should pass up this kind of opportunity when the job market sucks so bad.

As a bonus Detroit-Wayne airport is a Northwest/Delta so that means cheap flights. So anytime anyone wants to visit the Motor City feel free to come a party with us.

(And yes that is Chrysler's new logo, kind of cool)