We went to Canada! + (Vlog)

We went to Canada! As most of you know, we are from Michigan! It took us about 45 minutes to get to Windsor (where we stayed) from our city.

It was just me (Katie) and my best friend Nicole who went. We were supposed to have a bigger group but one by one people kept backing out :( But, it was for Nicole's 20th birthday so we decided to still go! Honestly, we didn't expect to have as much fun as we did. It was seriously one of the best nights of my life. We can't drink in Michigan because in the United States the drinking age is 21. In Canada you only have to be 19 years old!

We went to Canada last year for Nicole's 19th birthday with a bigger group of people and had a good time so that is part of the reason we wanted to go back! The picture above is inside the tunnel to Canada when we were on our way there. This is the border between the countries! Even though we live right across the river it isn't that easy to get over there. You have to go through border patrol, answer all of their questions, have your passport or advanced license, and sometimes even get your car searched. Luckily, we didn't have to. Though, Nicole did have to throw her pepper spray away because it is illegal in Canada to have it. Once we got into Windsor we found our hotel, parked, checked in, and started our night! This picture to the left is us right before we went to the Caesar Hotel and Casino. This year since we were at a Holiday Inn we had to drive to the Casino (last year we just took an elevator) But our Hotel was very nice and had the most comfortable beds! Anyways, we wore our happy birthday crowns and went on our way!

This is us with our first drinks! We got Blue Lagoons. It was our first legal drink last year so we decided to carry on the tradition and get it from the same bar inside the casino!

I don't like strong stuff. Cocktails are more my thing. Also at the casino I had a Green monster which is a half a shot of Raspberry Absolute Vodka, half a shot of Ciroc, and lots of pineapple juice. Nicole got a Gin and Tonic. I tasted it, ew. I hated it! But she loves it so it must be an acquired taste. Nicole doubled her money on the slot machines! I lost three dollars :/ We had a lot of fun!

This is Nicole's sober selfie session on my phone...

Once we got back to the hotel we changed into our outfits that we wore to go out!

There were a lot of kids our age on our floor at the hotel. We would open the door and crowds of people would be in the hall telling us to 'come party' with them but we aren't stupid and wanted to be safe. One time when I opened the door there was guy in the hallway with a few girls that ran up to us and asked us if we wanted to hang out. Once we told them we were from America they freaked out "YOU ARE AMERICAN?!" "THEY ARE FROM THE STATES YOU GUYS!"

So after we talked to them for awhile about the bars that are good and other things we decided to go out with them for the night. We hung out with them at the hotel for awhile before we went out though and they kept telling us how heavy our Michigan accents were. They said we even say accent wrong! We spend 45 minutes saying words so they could laugh at the way we say them. It was actually really funny and cool to learn about their country. One girl we met, Jessica, kept telling us that everyone from the U.S thinks that Canadians live in igloos. We thought that was hilarious because we are under no misconception that Canadians live in igloos. I mean really? However, she kept carrying on and on about how America's do not learn Canadian history but they had to take American history in "Grade School" as they call it. That is true, we didn't take any history class that taught us about Canada and its past. They asked us about Obama and healthcare. They knew more about America then they did Canada. They were like "We have a... um.. a Prime Minister. What is that guys name again?" The sad thing is I don't think they would of known that had they been sober.

They were the nicest people though and they took us to Tequila Bob's and bought us Tequila shots. We had so much fun dancing and listening to music. Apparently, Gangnam Style is still popular in Canada.... We separated from their group after a few hours and got pizza.