tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post1893801782195700691..comments2024-03-27T13:32:06.780-02:30Comments on The Other Side of Eighty: Dateline:Drummondville, QuebecWisewebwomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-70955054084272296262009-05-15T18:25:00.000-02:302009-05-15T18:25:00.000-02:30Well...I really do need to visit you more often......Well...I really do need to visit you more often...been busy gardening and not much writing going on these days...but my, I enjoyed reading the whole sequence of your travelogue...I particularly enjoy your colloquialisms and dialect and Irish "mishmash"...reminds me so of my dear friend, Tessa...the two of you could be sisters in your delightful, ironic take on life and all its (and your) ramblings...Marylounoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-60092737451133191352009-05-10T21:14:00.000-02:302009-05-10T21:14:00.000-02:30Magpie:
LOL!!! You actually did it! did you see Ma...Magpie:<br />LOL!!! You actually did it! did you see Man on a Wire? Right up our alley, he does look as if he's sleeping!!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-13505688713162907192009-05-10T21:13:00.000-02:302009-05-10T21:13:00.000-02:30V:
I keep hoving to on those clothesline, currentl...V:<br />I keep hoving to on those clothesline, currently holed up in Cornerbrook, NL, maybe I'll make it home tomorrow!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-39848551541413161722009-05-10T15:09:00.000-02:302009-05-10T15:09:00.000-02:30Napping on clothesline....me too..I tried it once ...Napping on clothesline....me too..I tried it once a Kentwell Hall in Suffolk, England...apparently a way of squeezing extra people into a small space on board ship.<br /><br />It's true..honest...oh yes I fell off but one of the kids in my class spent about ten minutes on the rope.Magpie 11https://www.blogger.com/profile/05069987326331833522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-18388181149784560942009-05-07T19:45:00.000-02:302009-05-07T19:45:00.000-02:30And when will you arrive home, dear traveler? Pull...And when will you arrive home, dear traveler? Pull over, take naps on that clothes line, hang on to your piece of the road!<br />love,<br />vVerna Wilderhttp://www.vernawilder.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-55465771407416129432009-05-07T18:47:00.000-02:302009-05-07T18:47:00.000-02:30Nick:
I'm heading back to Newfoundland so it is a ...Nick:<br />I'm heading back to Newfoundland so it is a necessity so I can be home until end of December (with a break for Dublin and Paris, of course!)<br />I bypassed QC - I've always loved the choc box feel of it and adore Le Promenade.<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-74513731922171229802009-05-07T14:11:00.000-02:302009-05-07T14:11:00.000-02:30So is this road trip for the sheer hell of it or i...So is this road trip for the sheer hell of it or is there some business to do? I thought Quebec City was pretty but in a rather chocolate boxy sort of way. We travelled from Toronto by train - relaxing but very slow!nickhttp://nickhereandnow.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-56058076581167948522009-05-07T12:23:00.001-02:302009-05-07T12:23:00.001-02:30T:
Though raining today much better than the ice a...T:<br />Though raining today much better than the ice and snow I must say!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-71026301518047197642009-05-07T12:23:00.000-02:302009-05-07T12:23:00.000-02:30GM:
I deliberately slept in today and am allowing ...GM:<br />I deliberately slept in today and am allowing maybe only 500k today. Talk of a boneweary body!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-69764051026503831062009-05-07T12:22:00.000-02:302009-05-07T12:22:00.000-02:30Hey Anne:
Whereabouts in NS? The grandgirl and I w...Hey Anne:<br />Whereabouts in NS? The grandgirl and I were thinking of a hike through CB for our annual vacation together so may be in your neighbourhood?<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-20131137789861368822009-05-07T12:21:00.000-02:302009-05-07T12:21:00.000-02:30GFB:
You'd be amazed now, so many, many Smart cars...GFB:<br />You'd be amazed now, so many, many Smart cars in Quebec, bully for them. On the way shortly!<br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-37110440590188621902009-05-07T12:09:00.000-02:302009-05-07T12:09:00.000-02:30Stay safe - and well - WWW! At least the weather ...Stay safe - and well - WWW! At least the weather is treating you better than on your last trip in the opposite direction.Twilighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14138621610593773784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-63767797687743590672009-05-07T11:03:00.000-02:302009-05-07T11:03:00.000-02:30Take plenty of breaks and travel safely.
You ar...Take plenty of breaks and travel safely. <br /><br />You are wise to think of flying in the future.Grannymarhttp://grannymar.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-83016351791810688972009-05-07T09:47:00.000-02:302009-05-07T09:47:00.000-02:30I'll be following in your tire tracks very soon, h...I'll be following in your tire tracks very soon, headed to Nova Scotia for the summer. Always an interesting trip! Hope your bronchitis improves.Zabethahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15707695353117499996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14874528.post-53958291697780356222009-05-07T09:08:00.000-02:302009-05-07T09:08:00.000-02:30That brings back memories .The wife and I travelle...That brings back memories .The wife and I travelled the south shore on our way to watch the whales off Tadoussac.We found the French to be quite friendly and when I told them in my high school french that I didnt speak the language they would switch to English.<br /><br /> The drives there do drive with a certain elan and at that time they all seemed to drive black VW Passats GFBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com