This morning Charlotte all but nudged me awake, eager to traverse the last few kilometres to Charlottetown, PEI, the capital and largest city of Prince Edward Island, but which more importantly shares a name with my erstwhile companion. It is a picturesque, harbourside town, full of historic old buildings, mixed in with the more modern […]
Miscellaneous
Practice France
So, Montreal ended with some unnecessary drama. Whilst overcome, it clearly indicated that my time there was up. Having survived my time in “Preliminary France”, it was time to graduate to “Practice France” aka Quebec City (and the wider province, Quebec). Not for nothing is it the only province in Canada where the only official language is […]
The Oh Fuck moment!
You all know the feeling. Realisation hits. Your stomach drops. Your heart stops. Then starts again. Beads of sweat start to form as your body flushes, your eyes shut and your head drops. A voice silently screams – No, NO, NOOO!! FUCK NOOO! You are a hair’s breath away from complete and utter panic, because […]
Tassles, Wedding Murders and Rollerball
After faffing on about Montreal’s traffic and frenchness last time, it’s probably right that this time I tell you what happened there. Somehow I timed my arrival with the very beginnings of the Montreal Fringe Festival. Well a few days earlier to be perfectly truthful. Emboldened by the excellent performance in Stratford I figured it would […]