planes, trains and automobiles
and i was on all of them in that order
so i flew from london to NY and spent the night in penn station. believe it or not i actually got some sleep. the morning came and i got on a train to montreal which broke down halfway at saratoga springs NY state. so they put us all on buses and we drove to montreal. i finally get there, freeze my ass off walking the 3 blocks to inga's house from the metro station only to walk in the door and be told that we are going to quebec city. hmmm... no need to unpack then.
the quebec trip was purely so inga could say goodbye to some friends as she is on her way back to australia next week so we had a little dinner party at her friend franks house. i tell you what, these french guys know how to cook!!! and then they made a full on breakfast this morning of french toast and fancy scrambled eggs. they even brought me coffee in bed (couch where i passed out). it was a night of great food, great people, great wine, throw in a bit of substance abuse and you've got yourself a typical quebec-style party.
quebec itself is absolutely beautiful this time of year. true it is unbearably cold but the sky is clear and the sun - which has NO heat - shines over the city covered in snow. literally everything is covered in snow. and i'm talking like, peoples front yards have snow piles taller than their cars with a spot plowed for the driveway and the front door. the city streets have ice sculptures on random corners, also dusted with snow. the water surrounding the city is covered with mini glaciers and massive chuncks of ice/snow floating by, it looks like something you'd see on the discovery channel featuring antarctica. when the sun goes down and the sky turns pink and purple, all the little gas light posts turn on and the castle gets lit up and we were floating away on the ferry surrounded by glaciers... it takes your breath away. damn shame its so f#^*in cold!
so i flew from london to NY and spent the night in penn station. believe it or not i actually got some sleep. the morning came and i got on a train to montreal which broke down halfway at saratoga springs NY state. so they put us all on buses and we drove to montreal. i finally get there, freeze my ass off walking the 3 blocks to inga's house from the metro station only to walk in the door and be told that we are going to quebec city. hmmm... no need to unpack then.
the quebec trip was purely so inga could say goodbye to some friends as she is on her way back to australia next week so we had a little dinner party at her friend franks house. i tell you what, these french guys know how to cook!!! and then they made a full on breakfast this morning of french toast and fancy scrambled eggs. they even brought me coffee in bed (couch where i passed out). it was a night of great food, great people, great wine, throw in a bit of substance abuse and you've got yourself a typical quebec-style party.
quebec itself is absolutely beautiful this time of year. true it is unbearably cold but the sky is clear and the sun - which has NO heat - shines over the city covered in snow. literally everything is covered in snow. and i'm talking like, peoples front yards have snow piles taller than their cars with a spot plowed for the driveway and the front door. the city streets have ice sculptures on random corners, also dusted with snow. the water surrounding the city is covered with mini glaciers and massive chuncks of ice/snow floating by, it looks like something you'd see on the discovery channel featuring antarctica. when the sun goes down and the sky turns pink and purple, all the little gas light posts turn on and the castle gets lit up and we were floating away on the ferry surrounded by glaciers... it takes your breath away. damn shame its so f#^*in cold!
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