Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec
*** Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce was one of several small attractive towns we passed through as we drove through the southern part of Quebec towards Quebec city .
I liked the way the church was framed by the trees
Some random travel musings
Living in Europe I am not unused to driving over international borders and having to change languages . Mary and I both feel that for some reason the crossing of the border between the USA and Quebec was the most dramatic we have ever experienced . We left Acadia NP in the morning and in the evening checked into a hotel in St Georges in Quebec. As soon as we crossed the border instantaneously absolutely everything was written in French and it was odd to arrive in St Georges and walk its streets to only hear French being spoken.
We had expected the change in language but were surprised how total it was . We had dinner in the only restaurant in the town the waitress was charming but English was for her a second language and her French was like nothing we had ever heard. My French in reasonable Marys is excellent but we had a devil of a job to make ourselves understood . In Quebec they seem to speak an older version of French and we were not catching some of the words and idioms at all. . However It was great fun it really did feel like we were in a foreign country . One example the sign in France at a traffic junction is Stop, in Quebec they used the word Arret which Mary says she has not seen on a road in France since the late sixties .
This is not a complaint we loved our visit to Quebec and the people were very friendly it is just a travel observation .
A final difference in Quebec car drivers drive in the European style were speed limits are of interest but not necessarily to be obeyed . This felt much more natural to me, in the States people do seem to stick to the speed limits much more. Odd that some people complain that face masks are an infringement of their liberty but seem quite content to let State governments mandate a speed limit.
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Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Quebec
*** Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce was one of several small attractive towns we passed through as we drove through the southern part of Quebec towards Quebec city .
I liked the way the church was framed by the trees
Some random travel musings
Living in Europe I am not unused to driving over international borders and having to change languages . Mary and I both feel that for some reason the crossing of the border between the USA and Quebec was the most dramatic we have ever experienced . We left Acadia NP in the morning and in the evening checked into a hotel in St Georges in Quebec. As soon as we crossed the border instantaneously absolutely everything was written in French and it was odd to arrive in St Georges and walk its streets to only hear French being spoken.
We had expected the change in language but were surprised how total it was . We had dinner in the only restaurant in the town the waitress was charming but English was for her a second language and her French was like nothing we had ever heard. My French in reasonable Marys is excellent but we had a devil of a job to make ourselves understood . In Quebec they seem to speak an older version of French and we were not catching some of the words and idioms at all. . However It was great fun it really did feel like we were in a foreign country . One example the sign in France at a traffic junction is Stop, in Quebec they used the word Arret which Mary says she has not seen on a road in France since the late sixties .
This is not a complaint we loved our visit to Quebec and the people were very friendly it is just a travel observation .
A final difference in Quebec car drivers drive in the European style were speed limits are of interest but not necessarily to be obeyed . This felt much more natural to me, in the States people do seem to stick to the speed limits much more. Odd that some people complain that face masks are an infringement of their liberty but seem quite content to let State governments mandate a speed limit.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH.
ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED