Montreal

I’m in Montreal visiting rysmiel for a few days. The travel yesterday went smoothly, although I may have walked too much in Logan, in order to get a tasty lunch.

Right now, rysmiel is working, and I have had tea, once I found the sugar, in a bag saying “dextrose” and boasting that it is an all natural sweetener, easily utilized by the body, and gluten-free and non-GMO. All of which are true. (Probably, I’ll take their word that they are using non-GMO corn.)

Juliet & Chocolat

rysmiel and I went to Juliet & chocolat this evening, for savory crepes and chocolate desserts. The Quebec vaccine passport rules came into effect yesterday, so I showed the host the picture of my vaccine card on my phone. She looked at it, said “oui,” and then started trying to scan rysmiel’s vaccine QR code from a paper printout, which took several tries, but it worked. We had a fine dinner, and a buckwheat crepe with mushrooms and bacon feels like a step toward normalcy.

I am also impressed at the extent to which Montrealers are maintaining social distance outdoors, on line for the bus and when waiting for traffic lights to change.

A bus ad I saw this evening promoted vaccination with “we can all help grandparents hug their grandkids again.”