i'm in Quebec city for Canadian Nationals for gymnastics. downtown (old) Quebec is beautiful with lots of little neat places. kind of makes me feel like i'm in europe or something.  bought some nice art from this little alley that reminds me of diagon alley in the Harry Potter books. unfortunately that's about the only good thing out here. the food has sucked and the people are rude.

things i have learned in Quebec city,
-an answer to any question is purely optional.
-ignoring a question asked in english is not rude and should be expected.
-hanging up on an english speaker without a goodbye or "au revoir" is perfectly acceptable.
-responding to an english speaker who is speaking in french with "i don't speak english" and hanging up is normal.
-responding to "parlez vous anglais?" with a conversation in french is the norm.
-after answering you can speak english, the next question from the english speaker can be dealt with by having a french conversation with a nearby francophone.