Quebec City or Bust!
D. and I are almost ready to leave for our Quebec City getaway - just one post and one pit stop away.
The forecast calls for rain or showers all weekend, but have raincoat, umbrella and Scrabble will travel. We're already looking forward to checking out our favourite pub and maybe a new coffee shop suggested to us by a local last year. We're staying here, just outside the walls of Old Quebec close to the port. It should be good.
See you in a few days!
ps - BTW, does anyone know where the term "or Bust!" comes from (see title)? D. thinks it's from the gold rush. It'll be a googler when we get back.
The forecast calls for rain or showers all weekend, but have raincoat, umbrella and Scrabble will travel. We're already looking forward to checking out our favourite pub and maybe a new coffee shop suggested to us by a local last year. We're staying here, just outside the walls of Old Quebec close to the port. It should be good.
See you in a few days!
ps - BTW, does anyone know where the term "or Bust!" comes from (see title)? D. thinks it's from the gold rush. It'll be a googler when we get back.
posted by Steph at 10:01 a.m.
2 Comments:
Yup,you got it.
According to The Phrase Finder (www.phrases.org.uk), the term began in the 1930s when many dust bowl farmers left drought stricken Oklahoma for California with the phrase "California or bust" written on signs attached to their trucks.
Due to the drought and the Great Depression, these farmers were literally financially bankrupt and using the last of their few dollars to make the trek west.
Have fun in Quebec! : )
Thank you Lala! :)
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