PHOTOS! And a belated snippet of my Quebec travels
I've finally gotten around to posting pictures from my trip through Montreal and Quebec earlier in the year. There were too many for a reasonable facebook album, so I've put them on picasa where the slideshow runs more smoothly.
In the album, I mention a fellow named Guy. One evening I was dining alone at a restaurant in QC, too lazy/hungry to buy food to cook at the hostel (where presumably I could find someone to chat with), using the brief sedentary moment for postcards. A salt-and-pepper man at the table next to me offered a glass of wine. So of course I had to join him.
Guy (that's his name) had worked for the Quebec government in some sort of foreign business attache role that had him travelling extensively. Have you ever seen those travel "translation" books that are entirely pictures for pointing at? Apparently he compiled one. It was the perfect opportunity to speak my spanglais to someone who would understand. His english was better though and that's what we spoke.
Apparently I was entertaining enough that he decided to take me on a tour of some of the city. I always forget that paid walking tours are worth it, so it was nice to have some commentary for the sights. That said, he'd also just had most of a bottle of wine, so when I saw him in the street the following day, I walked in the other direction.
And random link for this entry, another favourite diversion, The Daily What. I personally think attaching banners to flies is an excellent marketing gimmic.
In the album, I mention a fellow named Guy. One evening I was dining alone at a restaurant in QC, too lazy/hungry to buy food to cook at the hostel (where presumably I could find someone to chat with), using the brief sedentary moment for postcards. A salt-and-pepper man at the table next to me offered a glass of wine. So of course I had to join him.
Guy (that's his name) had worked for the Quebec government in some sort of foreign business attache role that had him travelling extensively. Have you ever seen those travel "translation" books that are entirely pictures for pointing at? Apparently he compiled one. It was the perfect opportunity to speak my spanglais to someone who would understand. His english was better though and that's what we spoke.
Apparently I was entertaining enough that he decided to take me on a tour of some of the city. I always forget that paid walking tours are worth it, so it was nice to have some commentary for the sights. That said, he'd also just had most of a bottle of wine, so when I saw him in the street the following day, I walked in the other direction.
And random link for this entry, another favourite diversion, The Daily What. I personally think attaching banners to flies is an excellent marketing gimmic.