tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post8856580503882878596..comments2024-03-28T14:04:01.556-07:00Comments on Midlife Cycling: Bridges, Islands, Art, History, A Canal And Smoked BeefJustine Valinottihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-60771919524412877212015-10-13T11:39:43.195-07:002015-10-13T11:39:43.195-07:00Chris--Your introduction to the French language wo...Chris--Your introduction to the French language would have been "Ooh-la-la!" ;-)Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-47058636768379641412015-10-13T08:11:47.779-07:002015-10-13T08:11:47.779-07:00Justine, I agree with your first statement. I sho...Justine, I agree with your first statement. I should have added in my comment that I was a "novelty" to the female nurses, as an American boy in a French Canadian hospital. Too bad I wasn't older at the time ;)Chris Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141668434994777170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-65272926156211403712015-10-13T05:55:17.267-07:002015-10-13T05:55:17.267-07:00Chris--For many Americans of a certain generation,...Chris--For many Americans of a certain generation, their first trip outside the US was to Expo67.<br /><br />My first trip outside the US was indeed to Canada, and to Montreal. But my family and I went a few years after Expo, and a few years before the Olympics. Even so, being in Montreal was indeed a novelty, at you say.<br /><br />Too bad about the camping accident!Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-8245728378579132622015-10-13T04:15:06.001-07:002015-10-13T04:15:06.001-07:00One of my favorite vacations in my youth was Expo ...One of my favorite vacations in my youth was Expo 67, despite spending almost a week in a Montreal hospital after a camping accident. I was quite the novelty, being a nine year old American lad.Chris Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07141668434994777170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-78750405052157394862015-10-12T18:46:27.742-07:002015-10-12T18:46:27.742-07:00The summer of the one-speed coaster brake. Hmm......The summer of the one-speed coaster brake. Hmm...Everyone else calls it "The Summer of Love." Justine Valinottihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10852069587181432102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8908461644259659419.post-49566686459218816462015-10-12T12:51:36.525-07:002015-10-12T12:51:36.525-07:00My one visit to North America was to visit Expo 67...My one visit to North America was to visit Expo 67 which we did at the end of a long summer, the summer of the one speed coaster brake bike, hummmmmm...Colinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01667939789517989280noreply@blogger.com