a strange and wonderful land of kilometers, meters and liters! For some of us, the language is only mostly English!Highway speed limits are 110kp/h! In town is 40 or 50kp/h. What's a kp/h? Oh,yeah, kilometers! Take a look at your speedometer - there is a second little line of numbers - whew - kp/h! That extra set of numbers are coming in handy, I don't have to convert. Speeding tickets are very expensive here and I have been paying attention.
Oh, good, there is the exit I want - 1000m! Ok, so it is coming up sometime soon.
And gas - $1.31 per liter. You do the math!!
The temperature sign said 23 degrees; celsius that is!
At least right, left, north and south are the same; even though I can't tell which is which! :-)
I love the highway signs! Blue rectangles with large white letters - M for museum, G for gallery, T for tourist attraction and A for artisan. It is hard to miss all our favorites.
And city names for which spelling and pronouncing is an art! Nitinat, Qualicum, Nanaimo, Cowichan and Quinsam to name a few. There will be a test in a couple weeks.
Deer and elk are prolific. Yes, there have been more! One ambling across the road, in the middle of town! And another standing on the shoulder watching cars go by and moving her head, almost like she is looking both ways before she crosses. I will admit to a twinge of paranoia every time I see them.
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