The Stills Day 35, Saskatoon, SK

As far as places to spend a day off in go, especially in Saskatchewan, Saskatoon is the place to be. There’s some form of life here and it’s kind of interesting. Spent the afternoon shopping at the mall downtown, then we had dinner at an Italian place, which was ok, not too bad, not great, but good.

 

We returned to the bus after dinner where a couple of the Molson guys (we’re on a Molson sponsored tour) joined us for some beverages (Molson of course), and then we went to the hotel bar for the rest of the night, which ended up being the alcohol-related highlight of the tour for me. If you enjoy the Grand Marnier line of cognacs, you’ll understand the following recollection. If not, it’s like buying a Ford but when you start to drive, you realize they put in a Porsche engine by mistake.

 

I ordered a Grand Marnier, the bartender grabbed the bottle, and when he started to pour, he realized that the bottle was empty. He couldn’t find a new one, so he grabbed another bottle on the shelf to pour my drink. It just so happened that it was GM 150-ennaire. He didn’t say anything about it, likely because he thought I wouldn’t know the difference, but as soon as I saw the bottle I grabbed the arm of the guy next to me in shock. I didn’t say a word, other than “you know what, make it a triple…”, which he did, and he only charged me the price of the cordon rouge. I had about $70 worth of liqueur for $17.25, and it was incredible. I took my time and enjoyed it over the course of an hour and a half. Good things can happen in Saskatoon…