Today is the day we have been expecting the whole trip. We get to take the 1 hour ferry to France. Actually we are going the St Pierre and island that belongs to France. I can honestly say this is not like going to Canada. It is all french all day. The language barrier made it difficult for us. We elected to take a bus tour of the island which was narrated in a sort of English. Our tour was at 11:15 am and lasted 1 1/2 hours. This meant straight off the ferry onto the bus, no lunch. We learned that nearly everything closes from 12:00 to 2:00 here for lunch, (translates to a late lunch for us). Since this island does not seem to produce any product and everything is imported it is expensive. Additionally we were told that the major employer was France Government, it is essentially a welfare state of France,(my opinion). We had a nice time but were a little disappointed at the same time.
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