Cultural Sensitivity for New Years Eve in Quebec
'Vieux Quebec' (Canon P/ Kodak Tri-X 400) I have not gone out for New Years Eve for at least 8 years. In fact, I haven't even bothered to stay awake till midnight for the last five! Why was this? Well, I live in Pittsburgh, and the thought of going out to celebrate the New Year with a bunch of drunken "yinzer" ASBOs is a thought too awful for me to contemplate.... New Year's Eve in 2023 was different, though. Over the course of the year I had made two life-changing friendships: Doina, my Travel Wife and Svetlana, my Travel Girlfriend. Not only do they love to travel, but they can also put up with my rapier wit, love of adult-beverages, and shockingly small bladder. They have chosen to find me charming. Desiring to leave the state of Pennsylvania, Doina and I had tossed around a number of locations to travel to for the holiday. We considered New Orleans, Rio de Janeiro, Marrakech; but in the end we cast all of those warm and sunny locations aside and c...