Une promenade au Québec

Oh sweet Canada. Remember the days when we could make fun of the Canadian dollar? Remember how when you would buy books it would say something like, US$5.99, CAN$6.99. Now, since the exchange rate between the USD and the CAN is 1USD = 1.11 CAN, that means that we merely get 10% things and that most everything is, in fact, more expensive in Canada. [Note: you can still make fun of the Canadian accent and Mounties. What's that aboot?]

Anyway, since it seems like I have yet another summer before I have to do anything, why not enjoy it with a road trip?

I've never done a road trip before... I've never been in a car for more than 8 hours, and that was last year from New Orleans to Atlanta (and it was not exactly a delight). Sooooo I don't know if this road tripping thing is going to work, butttttttt I figure, I can always bail and fly back.

The plan is to meet my friend in Cincinnati, where together, we're attending a Catholic wedding. I'm still trying to figure out a clever way to abbreviate Cincinnati. I tried - Sinsin, but it's just too hard to say. He says, Cincinnati should be called the Nasty Natty, but when I heard that, I think of Natty Light, which is for sure, the nastiest of all Nattys. Cinny? ehhh.. Forget about it. Here's our plan of travel:

START: July 10

END: July 20

Don't worry, I'm not planning on spending any more time in Detroit that I have to. I just want to see where culture goes to die... and that MGM Casino, where the poor have a venue to lose money they don't have. YAY!

We're daytripping to Detroit, crossing the border to Toronto, where I will conquer my fear of heights at the CN tower and see Canadian stuff that hopefully can be mistaken for Europe lite. Then, Quebec - I heard the people are nasty, but the food - I'm praying that I can get some beef bourguignon in my mouth while I tour along the St. Lawrence. After our international drive, we're going to cut down through Boston, stop in NYC, and end in Washington, DC.

Where else is there to go? Give me a heads up if you're going to be in any of these cities this summer.