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pphaneuf

Fun French Fact

Dec 29, 2006 01:01

Did you know that, for the price of a pint of Guinness in Montréal, you can buy a whole freakin' five litres of fine Cabernet-Sauvignon here?

Now, is that a good or a bad thing? I'll leave that as an exercise to the reader.

france, booze, montreal, fun

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blacksquiggles December 29 2006, 00:51:14 UTC

Nemesis2207 is actually on her way to my place, she lives in France as well. She says French wine is cheap, but so terrible she goes to Germany to buy hers :)

pphaneuf December 29 2006, 01:03:34 UTC

Well, there's definitely a spectrum, but I wouldn't write French wine right off. The beer, though, is another story, and I'd get German stuff if possible as well. The few decent French beers definitely have Belgian or German in them...

Besançon, that's not too far from where I was last weekend, actually!

And that icon, by the way, is hawt. You've had it for a little while, but I haven't been commenting under the influence for the last little while, so there. :-P

peaceful_dragon December 29 2006, 01:01:50 UTC

I always wondered how Europeans, especially the French, can consume so much wine when it's so expensive. There's the answer; it's not for them!

my_fair_kadie December 29 2006, 01:06:54 UTC

How much is a pint of Guinness in Montreal? lol

pphaneuf December 29 2006, 01:13:44 UTC

Almost eight bucks?

my_fair_kadie December 29 2006, 01:17:31 UTC

Wow... That must be at the bar, Im guessing. For a little more than that you can get 4 pints at the SAQ.

Interesting though. France is in my top 3 of places I want to go in the next 5 years...

pphaneuf December 29 2006, 01:22:14 UTC

Yes, of course, at a pub.

And, uh, I might have forgotten exchange rate, in my drunken happiness. Still, it'd be something like the price of a single bottle for a five litres container...

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travelbunny December 29 2006, 02:14:39 UTC

I'll be exercising such contemplations later tonight ^_^

pphaneuf December 29 2006, 02:28:25 UTC

Cheers!

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pphaneuf December 29 2006, 03:44:45 UTC

But it's just me!

tygrbabe December 29 2006, 13:30:18 UTC

omg that's so mean! i miss cheap wine and 1 euro cheese that tastes like 40$ cheese here and Pete polished off the last ov the Czech booze we had :P ever thought ov getting into exports? ;)

pphaneuf December 29 2006, 15:09:08 UTC

That's the thing, it's the import/export that's so bloody expensive! Also, the euro exchange rate is insane, these days (CDN$1.53 for an euro!)...

tygrbabe December 29 2006, 15:24:33 UTC

bah, that's not that bad, we paid 1.67$ 2 summers ago which is why we avoided London (the pound was 2.60$)

*sigh* i guess i'll just have to try and be wooed by the current "buy Quebec cheeses" campain

pphaneuf December 29 2006, 15:34:39 UTC

Whew, that bad? It was more in the CDN$1.40 when I arrived...

Meanwhile, I'm missing poutine. :-P