Ces mondes vont très bien ensemble
It's 10:43 PM Sunday November 21, 1999 Laika Coffee Bar on Boul. St Laurent, Montreal Quebec
What I find fascinating right off the bat is this concept
of Bilingual
I was always under the impression that southern
Texas and California were bilingual. Not much! In reality, the
only the people in Texas or California that are bilingual are
Mexican. The whites as a whole are not interested in learning
Spanish. On the other hand virtually everyone I meet in Montreal
speaks French and English. It seems that 75% of the people I meet
speak French first then English. And only one person I met spoke
only French. It is a very different vibe. All the billboards and
signs are in French (by Law) and I understand many of the French
speaking folks here want to separate from Canada, so I am sure
there is some tension somewhere around here, I just haven't found
it yet. The city is old (by American standards) and at first reminds
me of Philadelphia. It is definitely friendlier than Philly. Don't
get me wrong, I love Philly but there is an odd tone of anger
scattered about the city. Both cities are very cosmopolitan speaking
of
While driving down Rue St Urbain A few minutes ago, I
merged my car into a noisy column of celebrating Arabs. There
were probably six cars honking their horns, Yelling and waving
Flags (Lebanese I think)
. I thought I heard one say something
about peace so the only thing I can think that they may be celebrating
is the expulsion of the Hamas in Jordan. They made a great display
but they would get more attention from my friends if they would
just hand out falafels.
Now I am hungry,
The Kount