Thursday, June 17, 2010

Halifax: Along the way there and back Pt 7

Day 10

This post will be shortforthree reasons:

The spacebar works only onoccasionand is frustratingto use,ornot use - dependingon how you look at it.

The secondcomputer isn`t working at alland another hosteldweller ishovering.

Finally, I saw a sign on highway 132 Ouest at about 10 a.m. todayand because it contained 3of the 10 French words i understand,I nowhavesomethinginthe fridgein Trois Rivierethat is ready forconsumption.

The three words - micro (micro in anglais)

brasserie (brewery)

ouvert (open!!)

Though Imissafewimportant thingsabout home (seeyesterday`s post;addthis one-Imiss my iMac,especially the space bar),good things havehappened every day.

yesterday,the after supperhour onthe hostel`s back patio wasvery entertaining.

today, I missed spotting the purple martin house (andI hadmy goodcamera at the ready) that hadbeen loaded with purple martins when I saw it last week going est (but didn`t stop to take pictures).However, I spottedthe Bruegels micro-brasserieand when Iwalkedintothe farmhouse I stepped back 100 years in time.

Three times I asked Marie, co-owner, if I couldlive there on the farm (I offered to workforfreesamples untilmy wife stoppedbelievingthat I was waiting for a rare part to be delivered from Egypt formy Yamaha Virago.

ThreetimesMarie refused my request.

ThreetimesI offeredto workin the garden aswell ascleasn the barn.

No.No. No.

What`s a man gotta do to workata brewery around here!! I wailed.

Bruno, Marie`s large husband escorted me back to my motorcycle.

You win some and lose some.

Tomorrow I head toward Ottawa and a hostel that formerly was a jail.

Kind of fitting in a way.

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Timenowfora Bruegel`s abbey style ale.

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2 comments:

Jessica said...

You're so funny!

I'm really enjoying your journey. You got two pages in the Londoner today with pictures of the vessel.

Savour your beer.

gh said...

HiJessica,

darn that spacebar.

allis wellon the roadand something goodthings happens every day. except fof the spacebar thingy, today(because of pleasant hours along highway 132) is a keeper

son of a gunderson - that is goodnewsrethe paper.My wifeusually puts itin the budgy cage butmaybe she`ll save thel atestedition.

cheers,

gh