Alistair
There is also a bus service which also takes 3 hours to Quebec like the
train and runs hourly unlike the train so if you can't get a lift. I am
arriving several days earlier but will probably get an 8am or 9am bus
rather than a 6.30am train.



In message <[log in to unmask]>, Alasdair <[log in to unmask]>
writes
>Dear Colleagues in general,
>(and Adrienne Roberts in particular),
>
>I find myself with a slightly embarrasing problem with regard to
>travelling to the SHA conference in January, and I would be tremendously
>grateful if someone would be able to help (please reply off-list).
>
>In essence, my original plan was to fly to Montreal, and then take the
>train from Montreal to Quebec.  Unfortunately, my airplane schedule was
>changed 'slightly', and leaving aside my somewhat different
>interpretation of 'slightly', the upshot is that I don't believe I have
>enough time to make it from the airport to the train station.  A York
>colleague of mine may be in a similar situation, although his flight may
>arrive early enough that he'll still make the train.
>
>Would it be at all possible for someone who is planning on passing
>through, or leaving from Montreal, to give me - and possibly a colleague
>- a lift (ride) from Montreal to Quebec?
>
>I will be arriving at 5:30 PM on Wednesday evening (on a connecting
>flight from Newark).  Naturally, I am more than happy to share petrol
>(gas) costs. (To a European, even Canadian petrol looks cheap)
>
>As I have a paper in a Thursday morning session, and am hosting a
>roundtable luncheon that same day, it's imperative that I arrive
>Wednesday evening (and yes, I am sorted out for accomodation).
>
>I should note that I'm far less obstreperous in person than I am by
>e-mail. And curiously, given Timothy Scarlett's statement "Don't email
>them to find a driving partner that likes SKA music.", I do actually
>rather like Ska....  But I won't insist on listening to it on the drive
>- more probably I'll be sleeping off jet-lag.
>
>Finally, please note that due to a serious family illness, I won't be
>able to check my email for up to a week after 6:30 PM GMT this evening.
>Please be patient if you don't hear from me immediately.
>
>Massive thanks in advance,
>
>Alasdair Brooks
>
>
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>Alasdair Brooks
>Department of Archaeology
>University of York
>King's Manor
>York
>YO1 7EP
>England, UK
>phone: 01904 433931
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