Bonjour Everyone!




We've been in Montreal for two weeks now. The move here went smoothly and thanks to everyone for their help and support. We've been staying at a hotel downtown near Old Montreal and have a great view of all the protests.  We'll probably be here until April when we can move into an apartment.







The cat was not impressed with being
stuffed in a cage for 6 hours.



 



 

Here's a giant protest!

Here's the view from our hotel, sans protest.





Montreal's a great city!  The people are friendly and the food is great.  We arrived in here at a great time.  We've been able to enjoy Lumiere Festival, which is a night time outdoor event with performers, concerts, food, beer gardens,  ice sculptures and restaurant specials in various locations around the city.  Last night was the finale, Nuit Blanche, which went from 8pm to 3am.  We made it to about midnight and then had to go home because we couldn't feel our toes.

Here is Old Montreal's bustling marina.



Lumiere Festival!

The firepit didn't do a very good job
 of keeping us warm.

We found something even better than poutine. 
Montreal Smoked Meat Pizza!

Work has been going well, except I keep getting lost because the office is a giant building that used to be textile factory.  Lauren has applied at about a dozen places online and will be going door to door next week.  We had a great time watching the Oscars (except for that dreadful Seth MacFarlane) and celebrated Life Of Pi taking home best Special FX.

Celebrating my first and possibly only Oscar win with movie co-star Richard Parker. 
I'm wearing a green shirt to support my fellow FX Artists.

 Bye everyone.  We miss you!!!