Discovering other cultures forces you to look at your own people, and compare… And when I compare Québec to the rest of the world, it seems we are very confused and/or confusing people… First, we are the (almost) only people speaking French in all North America. Of course there are other French speakers around, but…… Continue reading Imperial or Metric?
I told you! Many times! The Internets are alluring and sexy and promising… But they will always end up lying to you! Here is yet another proof… For some reason, I had thoughts of countries fitting how many times in others… and I was thinking about that and had the reflex I always have: Google!…… Continue reading I told you not to trust the Internets!
For the last few days, the provincial police has been looking for one of the 10 most wanted criminals of Québec… I am a little disappointed. I kinda hoped they would be looking after the 9 others too…
As a wiseful friend said to me recently, if you have a conversation with someone and don’t even mention the weather, that is a good sign you had a great talk… True, especially here I would say. I remember when I lived in Africa. It seemed Mother Nature visited only twice a year. She probably…… Continue reading Take your pills Mother Nature!
As I was reading yesterday’s post, I got the feeling I sounded pretty negative about the holidays… And I actually love Christmas, it’s just some sides of the celebrations that get on my nerves, and I guess that’s all that got out in my last text. So I decided to postpone Denmark a little…… Continue reading Jul part two… Noël au Québec (bis)
Jul… Christmas, Noël, Navidad… It is celebrated pretty much everywhere on the globe, and I am not a Christmas specialist. But Danes, to my knowledge, are among the peoples that welcome this time of year with the most enthusiasm. I’ll get back to them in a bit. When I started this post, I was planning…… Continue reading Jul part one… Noël au Québec
Cyranny's Cove 