Jack

skied Big White and visited Kimberley and Nelson.

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fracophone

Heard that there were only 1.9 million people in the whole country. The landscapes look tempting: huge open red emptiness. Weird geology.

Hauled a very poor hire car from where I was living in Antibes, near Nice, all the way here, only for it to be towed away during the first night.

Watched England win the rugby world cup, with my slightly bemused Finnish friend, Mikko, then went to get the car back from the pound. Would love to go back and spend more time there.

three good reasons, to start with.

I’ve been hearing good things about Montreal… Another opportunity to dust off the French.

Ephesus was stunning, but I laboured through it with the most diabolical Raki-induced hangover imaginable.

I delivered a car to Cleveland from Chicago, then took another, via Gettysburg, to Baltimore. Uneventful trip, but illuminating to absorb the USA from the driver’s seat.

just drove across the panhandle, so hardly an immersion.

Mostly unconquered by European powers; fine coffee; landscape.