So yeah...
Remember back in September when I was getting ready to go to Seattle and I had the incident where my face met the sidewalk in front of the Boston Market?
I'm trending.
Friday afternoon in Montreal.
The first night of the festival, we met a girl from Winnipeg1 who'd been vacationing in Montreal for a week prior to the start of the festival and she recommended a pub she'd stumbled upon called Vices et Versa2.
33 beers and ciders on tap.
Neighborhood dive on St. Laurent3.
Sign us up.
As with Moishes, the pub was a bit of a walk from the nearest Metro station. But it was a cool, overcast, pleasant day for it and we were motivated by the thought of 33 beers and ciders on tap.
So we're just walking along, looking at the architecture of a church we were passing, and the next thing I knew SPLAT! Down I went. *sigh*
I fell hard this time. Much harder on my knees than the last time and I actually had to sit on the sidewalk for a couple of minutes trying A) not to move and B) not to panic.
Because no really. As much as I've heard about how wonderful Canadian health care is, I was not particularly interested in experiencing it first hand.
When I finally dared to stand up and walk, I was relieved to know that, while my right knee and left foot were considerably bruised, I did not appear to be broken.
*whew*
Once I got a beer and a cider and some tasty cheese, olives, and sausage in me, I was all sorts of good.
The moral of the story is that, if I'm going to be traveling, I should drink a cocktail before I venture out into the streets. I'm much safer that way.
As an aside? Vices et Versa? Totally worth the trip...no pun intended.
1: That's in Canada too. Hard to believe people live there, I know. It's kinda like Wyoming that.
2: This website is all in French. There is not an English option. Our waiter didn't speak much English either.
3: Which is how I recognized the street name when looking for steaks. Apparently, St. Laurent's where to go to get awesome food and beer.
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