Voyage vers Montréal et Cooperstown

It's time for my annual "week off" from Phillyweather.net.   This year, I'm travelling to two places I've never been, both of which are places I have waited far too long to visit.

Cooperstown is famous for being the childhood home of author of James Fenimore Cooper but is not the namesake of the town in Upstate New York.   It's also known for being a shrine to immortality in a particular sport.   One of my bucket list items is to visit all four major sports halls of fame in my life -- I will now have two of the four knocked out after Monday...still have to get to Toronto and Springfield, MA for hockey and hoops.

My other visit will be to Montreal and that's why the title of this entry was in French.   Never been, have always wanted to go despite a total of lack of fluency in French, and will now to get to enjoy Canada's second largest city for a few days.    Needless to say, the weather will not be entirely dissimilar in either location to what it is here in the summer, just a few degrees cooler each day on average and in Montreal, delivered in Celsius and not Fahrenheit...I should be able to handle that.   Street signs in French, however, may be a bit more "fun" to comprehend should I stumble across them but I have my nord, sud, ouest, and est figured out...as well as bonjour and merci in case I need it.   While Montreal has great cuisine my stomach may not ultimately take on their noted poutine (despite some of my friends recommending me go "all in" and try it)...I'll probably stick to bagels and any other Montreal cuisine that is a bit less grating on the heart.

Even though I'm away, the site won't be lacking for activity while I'm gone.   Doug and Brian will provide daily forecasts while I am away this week, plus I have three posts in the queue over the coming days, with one that I think many of you will really enjoy coming up on Tuesday...I may "tweet" on occasion depending on my time and availability but I tend to spend my week of vacation "unplugged" from the technological world when possible.

I'll see you all when I return!