We took a train to be far from the city, and right on the highway to Toronto. Then we walked about 3 km to be on a good spot.
It starts to become difficult. It is the second time when we wait more than 2 hours. I made all the tricks: to dance,to show the 5$ bill, to go through the cars and to show people Emilie and the luggage. Now I write on the laptop waiting for a lift, so the people can see that we are not dangerous …. I am clueless. There are parts of the globe which are more individualistic than others. I should not fight against, just to detect and act accordingly.
So in Quebec, is a very bad hitch. I have to go to look for a bugs.
We give up and want to go back to the train station, and catch a bus from Montreal. But, we start again in front of a gas station: we said to each other, let’s try again… More 2 hours: that’s really bad, nobody stops, nobody looks at us. Emilie want to lay down a bit before we are going to the station, frustrated.
BUT, just at this moment, a guy came: our saviour!
He told us that he cannot practice anymore his profession, because everything became very regulated in Canada, and even the assurance companies don’t discount anymore for this type of services. It’s only the mainstream health system which is supported, with its lobby of big pharma. It is somehow like with the farm, because there are so many rules, small producers cannot afford them, so only big, industrial farms can resist. So less concurrence, bigger prices, less quality and innovation.
History of Lebanon in 3 sentences: Israel after winning the war in 1973, pushes Palestinian resistance in Lebanon. They are settled in temporary camps. Without any international support, they remain in Lebanon for a while, then they start to fight against the pacific Lebanese government. This is the start of the civil war in Lebanon. After several years, Israel invades Lebanon to ‘bring peace’ and to search after Hamas resistance, sent from Iran. So Lebanon, from the ‘Switzerland of Middle East’, with the most developed democracy in the area, became scene of war with actors from all its neighbours.
