A few days before heading back to school, my boyfriend and I took a trip up to Montreal where we spent four days and three nights. The one hotel was stayed in was quite hostel-esque, where guests shared a bathroom, and although it was cute, the other hotel we stayed at was definitely my favorite called Le Place d'Armes Hotel & Suites. Here, we stayed in a Junior Suite, complete with jetted tub, and a luxurious rainfall showerhead. The hotel even provided bath salts!

Throughout the trip we traveled around Montreal to continually build our relationship with entertaining activities consisting of an escape room, hiking a mountain, eating poutine, a round of glow-in-the-dark mini golf, and visiting a fancy basilica. With all of this going on, we didn't have much time for technology, and decided to put down our phones and focus on each other. Rather than be glued to our devices 24/7, we focused our time on what truly mattered--each other. For instance, after coming back to the hotel from a tiring day, we'd usually read in bed or talk about tomorrow's plans and not spend time on our phones. Being away from technology was a much-needed break and only made us realize how important the other was. With that being said; however, although we didn't take many pictures, as we wanted to spend quality time together in the moment void of technology, we did manage to capture a few shots of the places we visited.

Here's a view of the city from atop the mountain along with my awkward boyfriend

Here's the inside of the basilica

The basilica's breathtaking ceiling

It's the putting edge

Although this wasn't the first couple trip we took together, it was the first one together out of the country. There were definitely tense moments, and the vacation certainly wasn't perfect, but I'd definitely do it again, and more importantly, I'd do it again with my boyfriend.