On Canada...
May. 30th, 2006 01:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aribWhat follows are various reflections I had during my trip:
Toronto subway cars- drab on the outside, clean and cushy on the inside. The streetcars are kind of funky, though. Very narrow.
Workplace safety signs- gory, but thought-provoking. (One features a guy showing his dismembered hand to the camera)
Downtown- clean, but not as sparkly-sanitary as everyone paints it to be.
Restaurants- quite good. The cheesecake's too good to be legal. That is to say, Oh. My. God. The cheesecake.
Driving 60 on city streets feels weird, even if it's metric. On highways, I broke 120.
On visible patriotism: you see maple leaves displayed everywhere, more than you'd see stars or a red, white, and blue decorative scheme in the US. On the other hand, you see fewer Canadian flags here as opposed to the stars and stripes.
There's a supermarket chain here called "Dominion." Thing is, Canada hasn't been a "dominion" since 1982. It'd be like a supermarket chain in the US called "Colonies." For some reason, that makes me smile.
Illegal transit strikes make traffic disgusting wherever you are. On the other hand, I've finally seen angry Canadians. On the third hand, the radio mentioned that people are organizing rides for random strangers. Apparently, unions have *lots* of clout here.
The border agent returning to the US was just as gruff and businesslike as the border agent entering Canada.
Toronto subway cars- drab on the outside, clean and cushy on the inside. The streetcars are kind of funky, though. Very narrow.
Workplace safety signs- gory, but thought-provoking. (One features a guy showing his dismembered hand to the camera)
Downtown- clean, but not as sparkly-sanitary as everyone paints it to be.
Restaurants- quite good. The cheesecake's too good to be legal. That is to say, Oh. My. God. The cheesecake.
Driving 60 on city streets feels weird, even if it's metric. On highways, I broke 120.
On visible patriotism: you see maple leaves displayed everywhere, more than you'd see stars or a red, white, and blue decorative scheme in the US. On the other hand, you see fewer Canadian flags here as opposed to the stars and stripes.
There's a supermarket chain here called "Dominion." Thing is, Canada hasn't been a "dominion" since 1982. It'd be like a supermarket chain in the US called "Colonies." For some reason, that makes me smile.
Illegal transit strikes make traffic disgusting wherever you are. On the other hand, I've finally seen angry Canadians. On the third hand, the radio mentioned that people are organizing rides for random strangers. Apparently, unions have *lots* of clout here.
The border agent returning to the US was just as gruff and businesslike as the border agent entering Canada.
