After my last post, and a week full of papers, exams, and assignments, I feel its time to infuse this blog with a lighter vibe. This brings me to things I find funny, odd, or downright hysterical in Moncton. So here goes the list...
- There are no haunted houses in Canada (In fact, when I asked someone where the nearest haunted house was, they responded by saying, "Well, I've heard that there's a building about 30 minutes from here that some people have seen a ghost in the window...")
- WalMart closes at 10pm!
- Public transportation has Wi-Fi (side note: the bus system is in no way comparable to that of NY or Chicago where every businessman rides the bus or subway...)
- The gym does not have fans
- There are no concession stands at athletic games...only snack machines
- Most stores close EARLY on Saturdays
- Tanning beds are not in abundance
- Subway has lobster meat subs...not sure if that fits into Jared's diet plan
- Every car is a stick shift
- 1950s Doo-Wop music is played in the public bus
- People will wait in a drive-thru line for an hour to get a Tim Horton's regular cup of coffee
- Most people don't speak French or English as their first language...its more like Franglish
- There is not a food court on campus
- The local drugstore carries Smashbox cosmetics (an ultra-fabulous brand)
- They put gravy on their french fries (ok, I've actually started liking this...)
- Their zoo does not have polar bears (yet you can find a polar bear a few hours away in the wild...)
- Buildings do not have air condition
- EVERYTHING is more expensive than in the States
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A visitor to Canada will find the amenities of the world's larger cities here in our metropolitan areas but on a smaller, less hectic scale. Experience western vitality in Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Winnipeg, encounter almost all of the world's cultures in Toronto, see the splendor of our federal parliament buildings in Ottawa, speak French with the helpful people of Montreal, view history at Quebec City's Plains of Abraham along the mighty St. Lawrence and be treated royally by the richly accented inhabitants of Fredericton, Halifax, Charlottetown and St. John's, where a lobster maritime treat is not to be missed.
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