August 25, 2004
Conversions
My travel routes are always organically created. While dipping fries into a Wendy’s Frosty shake in some city of the Adirondacks, I realized that we weren’t going to be traveling through Vermont. Something had to be done, so I modified our route across Lake Champlain. This was amazingly fun, as the rental car was taken across the lake on a cable-drawn ferry. I had to travel through Vermont as I am down to the last few states to visit. Once this trip is done, the only state I will have to visit is Rhode Island, as we are returning through Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
Our route took us through Burlington, island hopping across Lake Champlain, and accidentally across the Canadian border. We weren’t planning on entering so early, but signs didn’t really tell us much. The Canadian officers were very nice and asked us abooot things, eh? Driving was quite intriguing for me, as metric measurements bring about a need for me to drive on the left side of the road, a la England. Fortunately for every other person on the road, I quickly recovered. The greater challenge was quickly reviewing French on signs. Sortie does not equal entrance, commas are periods, and rue is road. Translating is easy, but I had the additional task of not veering off the road or missing exits.
I’m really enjoying Montreal, even though my language ineptitude is going to kill me. We had a REALLY tense dinner tonight, as I got it into my head to eat sushi. Sushi in Montreal is a triple translation, and I am really allergic to shrimp and crab. The little waiter was having difficulty speaking French, much less English, so trying to explain that I was allergic didn’t seem to really work. He was quite amazed that I didn’t want ANY crab or shrimp, and I am pretty certain that my French translated as “I am an allergy.” The sushi was quite good, but the stress of trying new foods that could kill me didn’t make it relaxing. I do love the Quebec rousse beer, and it seems to be quite good at relieving .
Posted by G at August 25, 2004 11:08 AM
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Sounds like a wonderful time, G. And I have to give it to you; you're a very brave man to venture into the sushi world with the kind of allergies you have! Kudos for courage!
Posted by: pua at August 25, 2004 10:01 PM
Hey G, did you get to see Champ browsing the Lake Champlain? There was an article few weeks ago that there is a 'lake monster' that was being seen by few people at Lake Champlain.
R-
Posted by: Ridor at August 27, 2004 03:19 PM