The beautiful big picture

December is already here. Christmas decorations are lighting up the city. Snow is coming and going. People are complaining it being cold and dark. December in Montreal is pretty much like December in Helsinki.

My life has started to form some nice patterns. Routines are good to have. Brings structure and safety.
Work, gym sleep. Weekends tend to be flavored with male company from the Dominican Republic. Tuesdays and sometimes Fridays have a wonderful feminine flare from Libanon. 
This is what I really, really, truly love about this city. It's full of people from all over the world. Not only nationalities but religion and races just mix up in one great juicy cocktail. Muslims, Jewish and Christians are hanging out being friends. There may be wars going on in the rest of the world but Montreal is one great big spot of peace. Sure it might be covered with some graffiti, smelling like weed and decorated in garbage ever so often but those are minor details in the big picture. The big beatiful picture.
Today my female flavored Tuesday looked something like this.

We were supposed to go skating but because of a cold weather and the lack of snow to give the right ambiance, we ended up in a nice café downtown called Vasco da Gama.
http://www.vascodagama.ca/accueil

A nice evening like we always have. Different backgrounds, different upbringing, different ages, different personalities and yet a comfortable, effortless, fun, heartwarming, easygoing and positive friendship. Weather we sit around admiring the beautiful big picture or pointing out the funny minor details, the result ends up being a great time.