tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post1005213422674413781..comments2024-03-09T00:31:10.190-05:00Comments on Seen Through a Glass: Family Fun in old QuebecLew Brysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084380741402026573noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7315262155858800734.post-23641016502761635532011-03-28T16:36:01.647-04:002011-03-28T16:36:01.647-04:00Good notes, Lew. The photo of the streetscape is ...Good notes, Lew. The photo of the streetscape is atmospheric, it captures the 1600's-era architecture and feel of a cold Quebec evening. Some of the streets would not be out of place in parts of France, e.g., Normandy, Brittany, Lille and Paris. No surprise since the same people built them at the same time.<br /><br />Raftman is one of the best beers Unibroue makes. 1837 is pretty good too, and the stout.<br /><br />American author Jack Kerouac, who was of French Canadian ancestry, once visited Montreal and other towns on the St. Lawrence River and I think he called Montreal "northern gloomtown". It was, in its essence, no more so then than now, he was just describing an aspect of its exterior.<br /><br />GaryGary Gillmannoreply@blogger.com