[Magdalen] so we're sitting by the pool

[Molly Wolf]

Cape Breton is gorgeous.  

Molly

The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Feb 26, 2017, at 5:16 PM, Charles Wohlers <charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Most everyone you'll encounter in Quebec can speak English. You'll just need to be able to translate signs & menus, which are in French only.
> 
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Roger Stokes
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 7:54 AM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] so we're sitting by the pool
> 
>> On 26/02/2017 12:11, Marion Thompson wrote:
>> The Canadian Shield country of Ontario and Quebec, North of Superior, Gaspe, the Lower St. Lawrence and its North Shore, the Eastern Townships, Kingston and the Thousand Islands, Ottawa.  We are a country of scenic beauty and pleasant people and interesting nooks and crannies, 'sunny ways'.
> 
> Having been to Vancouver and Toronto - and between the two by train - I
> agree that there is beauty and the people are pleasant. The country also
> ticks two important boxes for me - they speak English (and even where
> they speak French I'm sure they understand Visa and MasterCard :-) ) and
> the water is clean. A day trip to Belgium late last year reassured me
> that I still have some of my schoolboy French which proved useful when
> asking directions. Canada is certainly on my short-list, but which side?
> 
> Roger
> 
>> 
>> Marion, a pilgrim
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2/26/2017 6:52 AM, ME Michaud wrote:
>>> Canada is too beautiful to miss, Roger.
>>> 
>>> Montreal, Quebec, the Maritimes.
>>> You'd love Victoria.
>>> You might love Vancouver (I don't).
>>> Their Rockies are better, too.
>>> -M
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sunday, February 26, 2017, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> I am another one considering where to go this year and fairly certain it
>>>> will not be the USA.
>>>> 
>> 
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