Underground is the place to be, these ultra-cold days in Montreal. I took this photo on the platform at the Berri-UQAM station a few days ago, and only later realized it contained a visual pun.
The poster on the left is for an Opera de Montréal performance of La Chauve-souris, literally, "the bald mouse," or "The Bat" in French, which is Strauss' famous opera, "Die Fledermaus."
But, after all, we're underground, so les chauve-souris are to be expected, yes?
Like it. Trouble is, it would be hard to go finding visual puns to photograph - they find you rather than the other way round.
I've just read a book set in the French-speaking part of Canada: Fred Vargas' Sous les vents de Neptune, or Wash this Blood Clean from my Hands.
Posted by: Dominic | January 25, 2013 at 02:32 AM
I've read that book and I remember I meant to mention it to you, Beth. It's about French cops visiting Quebec and their take on the place, on social relationships and assumptions and the Quebec French idiom.
Posted by: Jean | January 25, 2013 at 06:01 AM
That is quite a photo. It reminded me of the underground in Toronto, which amazed me.
Posted by: hattie | January 25, 2013 at 11:25 AM