random update

Still in Quebec City. Going for another week in Montreal soon, then 5 weeks in Toronto. Montreal mostly because I didn't want a 9 hour train ride.

I have had more poutine. It's decent.

I've had two cheap burgers here. Both were basically McDonald's burgers. Harvard Square has cheap burgers that are actually good. (Flat Patties, Shack Stack.) Oh well.

I had a "Paris tacos" [sic], which is more like a Mideast burrito, article.

The store had frozen pomegranate seeds. I bought them. I regret. They're kind of mushy thawed, I'll eat them but it's not like eating frozen berries. Maybe they're meant for use in a blender.

I still haven't eaten in anywhere, apart from one of the burgers in a mostly empty place with the door open. Have been tempted by a menu du jour, OTOH it's like $30.

Canadian dairy is expensive.

This apartment has the awesome Quebec heat I experienced in 2018 Montreal. Electric resistance baseboards, controlled by a thermostat in each room -- here there's one in my bedroom, two in the long dining/kitchen/living room. Digital thermostats. It's not universal: my apartment in Montreal this time didn't have *any* way of controlling the heat, the building just turns it on at some point and I guess you open the windows if it's too much.

Unrelated to travel, I re-read Dune for the first time. An engaging read. Characters kind of memorable yet not very loveable.