I have met some lovely people on this adventure and here is the wonderful Glenn.
Despite never having met either Beth or myself before, Glenn ( who is a friend of the Louise who came with us to Niagara Falls), offered us free accommodation in the self-contained apartment on the first floor of his home in Montreal. Not only accommodation in a luxurious apartment containing a spectacular potted fern with at least a six foot canopy, but also a dip in his cool and sparkling pool.
Over a meal of sushi in his favourite restaurant he allowed us a moving insight into his life. Thinking himself doomed to a single life he met his beloved partner Jean-Pierre at an HIV conference only to lose him after an unsuccessful battle with cancer. To live in the shadow of AIDS and die from cancer seems a particularly cruel twist, but nevertheless Glenn somehow remains positive. Despite his loss and his own difficulties, the sun still shines and in his beautiful garden the flowers bloom. I wish you much more love Glenn. Take care.
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