Proud Canadians....

....eat cheeseburgers and french fries with their fingers.

Erik and I went out for dinner last night to one of the Canadian bars he and Roman discovered on their 'Canadian Bar Pub Crawl' (we're great hosts, aren't we? I don't think any of our guests have left without a trip to the Canadian Bar). We decided to save the poutine being offered for another time and both ordered burgers, which seemed to be a popular choice, judging by the plates on other tables. As we were waiting for our food, I noticed that every single person with a plate of burger and fries was eating the burger with a knife and fork!! I couldn't believe it! The only explanation we could figure for such un-Canadian behaviour was the fact that the bar was playing a French football game, so I'm hoping that it's not a regular occurence.

Because the burgers were really good, and Erik and I made sure to get right into it. We even licked our fingers, for everyone's enjoyment, when we were finished.

Anyway, we've now decided that this place, the Moosehead, is much better than the other one we'd been to, the Great Canadian. Not only is it closer (we can walk there), the atmosphere was kind of like a cross between Sneaky Dee's and a Firkin pub in Toronto. Plus, they serve pitchers, a rare sighting in this city.

(And would you believe that there are actually four Canadian bars in Paris? One of them is a cool little Quebec bar, that doesn't havea single maple leaf displayed among the plethora of fleur de lys. Canada was even crossed off of one of the Tourism Quebec posters in the bathroom. But with tourtiere on the menu, and games like pick up sticks to play, we can't wait to go back...)

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On a completely unrelated note, all the American teachers at the American school were shocked to find out that Canadian thanksgiving isn't at the same time as theirs. Unfortunately I didn't have a good explanation as to why that is, as I generally understand that we're all giving thanks for the same reasons?