3 days in the mountains of Sutton, Quebec equals 3 days of no email or phone equals no blog update which kind of sucked with me trying to get in the habit of doing this thing but don't worry, I do have a couple observations from my weekend.
I know it's not every Canadian but most of the Canadians we ran into in Sutton & Montreal had no manners whatsoever. I know Americans can be rude but this was different. People on their skis would run into my board while waiting in line not once or twice or even three times but seven or eight or nine times and not say a word. Not an, "I'm sorry" or woops or anything like they had done nothing wrong nor did they know they had. And it didn't just stop there. People would run into us in lines. I even held the door for Amanda at one point and two guys snuck through in front of her and cut her off. Everywhere we went this continued. A group of four people were in the way of a door that we were trying to go through and would not move. I even said excuse me and they acted like they hadn't heard anything. And I know what you're going to say...it's because we were Americans. But they did it to each other as well. It was nuts and it was everywhere we went. Which got me thinking. No one was confrontational either which can be good usually but I think there is a tipping point in the other direction as well as because no one ever says anything no one feels like they are doing anything wrong or has to be sorry for anything. This had me wishing I would have tested this theory before it was to late. If I would have said something to the skier or the guys at the lodge or in the Cathedrale de Notre Dame and called them out for their rudeness would that have put them back on the right path or would it have started a fight. All I know is I was ready for either just to find out because there is a serious problem with non action in that area.
My other observation for the weekend was the beauty inherent in the region of Sutton. The snowed seemed to fall constantly but slowly to a point where I felt like I was in a snow globe. It was amazing. The snow fell and covered things but never made it hard to walk on the streets or drive on the roads. Instead it muted the noises and chaos of the world and made you feel like you were in this, "globe" cut off from the rest of the world. It was so relaxing and new. You could have literally put the town of Sutton in a snow globe and it would have looked like it was at home. On top of that the people were friendly in all the establishments, the coffee and espresso was like nothing I had ever had, and the food was divine. I really felt like I was transported back to another world. Not only that, but all the menus were in French and the people spoke in French but once they knew you were American they were very happy to speak to you in English and explain things in English. The fact that they all knew two languages brings up a whole other topic for another blog but outside of that the degree of energy to which the lodges, B&Bs, restaurants, and cafes were run was just amazing. I don't think there was a single chain in the entire town, just a bunch of small business owners working together to create this home away from home for all of us looking for it to which I am very grateful and will definitely be coming back...
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