There are a lot of people in town right now. My sleepy little cobblestone village has become a summer resort town. During the winter Kootenay and i wandered the town and the beach leashless hearing very little english. The little that we did hear was usually from friends calling us over to chat.
Last night a boy came up to us and wanted to throw the ball for K. He wandered over and asked in accented english if he could have a turn tossing the ball, and he wanted to know what type of dog Kootenay was.
His mom quickly ran over to interpret for him. She was surprised to find that understood him. She was even more surprised to find that I couldn't understand a word she said in Portuguese.
They are from New York and have family here. The boy had a NY drawl. Not too difficult for a Canadian girl to understand.