Chapter 50

“I will talk to some of my Canadian friends. Perhaps they can help or will know something helpful that we don’t. Maybe one of them would even be willing to be your sponsor, and I would not have to be the one inviting you. If you are considering immigrating to French Canada, you really should experience the cold winter. It is long, six months long, and while I know you told me you would prefer it to the six months of heat that you have where you live, still, you should see what it’s like first hand. The cold there is something you have never experienced in Algeria. However, all the buildings have central heating, much better heating than you have in your home, and you would always be comfortable except when you have to step outside. It probably is better than six months of constant temperatures over a hundred.”

“Over what?”

“Over forty,” I said, quickly converting to Centigrade. He nodded.