If you think it's cold in England, you should pay a visit to Quebec during the winter. From what the guide on our tour of the city this morning was telling us, the first snow usually falls here in late November and it doesn't stop snowing until sometime around June - this means that, a lot of the time, parts of the province are covered in snow to a depth of up to fifteen feet. I'll just say that again - fifteen feet. This means,of course, that the snowdrifts ou...

Entering French Canada really can be quite a confusing experience for anyone who lists their first language as English, especially those crossing directly over the border from the United States who must think they've stepped into a totally different world. Crossing the border on my first trip to Canada a few years ago was a hellish experience, although on that occasion this began at customs before I had even encountered the language barrier. The border guards a...