Today, there was almost 10 hours of this:
That’s me on a train to Canada, since Jim and I left today for our trip. The journey was mostly uneventful, but given the duration much more comfortable than a flight would have been. Our car was almost empty, and adjacent to the snack car, which served delicacies like…
…microwaved hot dogs, which were far, far better than they had any right to be.
I read this entire book on the trip:
And it was extremely entertaining and very nostalgic. Props to AW for giving it to me.
We spent many hours traveling along lake Champlain, home of the famous lake monster Champ. Happily, I saw him out the window! Alas my reaction time was a bit slow and therefore the photo I snapped of him is less than perfect:
About 2.5 hours of our trip were spent with customs and border control. Everyone was disembarked at the US border so they could search the train (and afterwards us) with a dog. This took over an hour. Then we crept over the border (on the train) until just inside Canada where there was another ~1 hour customs stop.
And eventually… this:
I quickly noticed almost all signage is 100% French! Also, much like another relic of British colonialism I know well, in Canada everything seems to close early, so since we arrived after 8:30 pm everything was done for the day!
Which meant no real dinner, except for:
Which taste – to me – like Vegemite! In a chip, this is an awful thing.
Our hotel is swanky…
With a good view…
And a lovely French filly at the front desk gave me some toy money to play with for the next several days!
BTW, blame my brother for the ‘street photography’ filters 🙂
Anyway it’s late and we’re tired. Got a full day planned for tomorrow. Stay tuned 😉
Street photography is supposed to be high contrast grainy black and white! Tilt the camera, maximize the depth of field, and get close to the subject. A little motion blur is okay.
And how can you be holidaying while I’m slaving? It’s not fair! 🙁