Bienvenue Ville de Québec!
hello everyone,At 915pm (local time) yesterday, I arrived safely at my host's place in Quebec City. One thing that stood out immediately was that most if not all the public signs were in French! I was told that it was like this in Quebec City, but to see it first hand is quite different. I do understand some of signs but I am not used to reading French words everywhere i go.
Taxis, Buses and Intersections
The taxis and buses here go really fast! I took the taxi from the Airport to the host's place, and we were going about 36km over the speed limit! The buses aren't slow either, I had to hold on to the railing every time we made a turn, or stop. I have noticed a few differences with the lanes here. They have a specific lane just for bikes! I think that is so cool and we should get some in Alberta! The way that traffic works here is also a little diferent because when pedestrians cross the road, all the cars stop, even if the cars are going the same way as the people. I found that a little strange because I am not used to looking at all the cars that stopped so I could cross the street.
I am truly blessed to have Internet access at this home for the next 5 weeks. So I will try to blog daily. Tomorrow I will be at Laval University for registration, and doing my placement test because apparently they lost my other one. Laval sent me an email link for the test and they said I would only have to enter and exit the test if I was a beginner. I don't know how they could have lost that, but O well I'll just tell them that my French consists of "Bonjour".
posted by Willyz @ 2:27 p.m.
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