(R.O.C. = Rest of Canada, whose federal holidays Québec likes to rename and rebrand as Québec-centric celebrations.)
Victoria Day, which celebrates the birthday of Queen Vicky, isn’t so popular here in Québec due to the many years of oppression of the Québec French by the English ruling class.… [Read More]
Because our travel day to Montréal is long and tiring, and because checking in to a new rental requires a lot of attention and energy, we stay in a hotel the night we land in MTL to rest, and then move into our rental the next day.… [Read More]
These looked intriguing, not only because I presume anything in an ice-cream cone is likely to be good, but because they are being marketed as a collation énergétique (“power snack”).… [Read More]
Sure you do, from our 2022 rental building:
That voice! Sexy Elevator!Now, in 2024, we have Banshee Bathroom Fan:
Banshee Bathroom Fan, or “Boggart of the Bog”The shrieking usually goes away after a couple minutes, but: le sigh.… [Read More]
To get to the parking spot on the other side!
This is a delivery vehicle for St. Hubert, a massive restaurant chain and frozen/ready-to-eat food enterprise here in Québec (not unlike Marie Callender’s in the States, with less emphasis on dessert pies).… [Read More]
What the hecque?? We get on the plane to Québec and land in San Diego’s Historic Gaslamp Quarter???
We have arrived in Montreal and are at a hotel, we’ll check into our Airbnb tomorrow and hope for the best. You’ll hear about how it all goes soon!
“Try not to let moose lick your car.”
–Parks Canada
(…or anyone really, regardless of the season, but that’s just my non-delicious-vehicle-owner opinion).
Happy New Year. We’ll be back in Montréal in May, if all goes according to plan.… [Read More]
They should pay people to do the same thing in California State parks, except Bigfoot.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/canadas-quirky-federal-jobs-meet-the-anne-imator-on-the-governments-payroll
The word “clown” is the same in English and in French. I had need to look it up because, well….look at the world we live in.
That is all.
P.S. You can also say “farceur” or “pitre” instead of “clown,” but the preferred word in French is “clown” nonetheless.
