Canada Diary Entry - Aug 13

Got up in a flurry of clothes&general packing. Then been expedited to car rental, got a nice Chrysler ("intermediate, 4drs, a/c or similar") there. Highway is very relaxed since everybody goes at same speed, thus no stressful rear view mirror checks req. On the way to Quebec City.



2nd Tim Horton's visit this morning. Coffee's the word of the day.
I know now why there's a speed limit to 100km/h on highways. They are long, boring, and narrower than Autobahnen in Germany, meaning that any slight lapse in concentration leads to immediate veering off the street.
Bought gasoline in Quebec, in French, without problems.
Montreal immediately convinced me by being suffused with radio stations with mixed French-Spanish moderation and music.
"Fiat Panis" - motto of the UNO FAO Food and Agriculture Organization, as stated at the Chateau de Frontenac hotel wall.
In Quebec, just to make it clear that they are in fact different from everybody around, you have to turn doorknobs and water taps exactly the other way round. This means at first you cannot open doors, and turning off water always first results in a very loud splash before you manage shutdown.