One last step on european soil
Trip Start
Aug 28, 2006
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Trip End
Aug 31, 2007
St. Pierre et Micquelon, France
Friday, August 24, 2007
It is hard to believe that France still wants to keep these hunks of rock off the coast of Newfoundland. About 60% of the people that live there are contracted government workers. It looks like the towns on newfoundland, but it is France. People speak french, wear espadrilles and eat baguettes. there is not much to see after having been in the outports, but I still had to fulfill my curiosity and check it out. I had a fun two days speaking french again, eating a chevre chaud salad and strolling around. This place was settled by Basque fishermen, so there is a heavy basque influence. (guys in town playing on these big open racketball-like courts with wooden paddles, I can't remember the name of the game)
My original plan was to leave here by boat, then get a bus to get the big ferry (overnight) back to nova scotia...but the idea of all that really turned me off. Lucky for me I found out there was a flight going the next day to Sydney, perfect. Even luckier for me, I met a very nice couple (the Maclellans) on the plane who invited me to stay with their family in Sydney til I got my bus the next morning. They were wonderful, we went to the beach with all the kids, had a fire in the backyard and took me to my bus in the morning. I don't think I will ever be able to repay hospitality like that! merci mille fois!
