Back in Guelph

After a last-minute packing extravaganza, and an exhausting car ride, I finally made it back to Guelph yesterday. My Dad came and visited me in Montreal for a day before we left, and even though it was a touch water-logged, we had a good time. I showed him around St. Catherine's, including a detour in Ogilvy's, and then we walked to St. Laurent where we had tasty Portuguese rotisserie chicken at Coco Rico's. I love their sandwiches, just chicken and spiced sauce on a chewy Portuguese bun, and the chicken fat just drips off the back as you eat it. Hardly health food, but oh so delicious. I showed him Les Chocolats de Chloe too, a tiny chocolate store nestled behind a cobalt blue front on Roy. You can see them make the chocolates in the back, and the entire store smells good enough to eat, and looks it too- they use adorable line drawings and wonky set fonts for all their signs. The honey chocolates are particular favorites, followed closely by the almond paste-filled ones. I even converted my Dad to the Fleuvog way- he now has a very un-Dadlike pair of two-tone, buckled shoes. My Mom is convinced he's going through a mid-life crisis, as he was recently spotted wearing denim.

Frankly, I'm still too tired to realize that I'm now back in Guelph for another four months, but I'm sure homesickness for Montreal, and Montreal food, and even the particular rudeness of Montreal transit employees, will set in soon.

Edit: Choco store is on Roy and not Rachel. I apologize for my idiocy.