Sunday, October 24, 2010

TGTH: Day 18 (October 17th, 2010)


Kilometres Remaining: 6,376/11,978
Route: Montreal, Quebec to Ottawa, Ontario (Ottawa, Parliament, Etc...)

Another amazing meal, this time of scrambled eggs and toasted croissants. I guess that is not that impressive, but the presentation was quite good. We packed our things and said good-bye to Montreal, its amazing botanical gardens, and its insane drivers.

We were in Ottawa by noon and under the advice of friends we parked in the World Exchange Plaza. We grabbed a quick lunch at the staple McD’s and then headed to Parliament. We were looking at Parliament and wondering what there was to see in Ottawa (since the tourist office was closed (presumably (because it was Sunday)) and we had no idea where it was). I was talking to a friend in Calgary (my dear friend Chloë, the same friend who changed by life by introducing me to Double Rainbows) on my Crackberry and the managed to get her cousin (Amy – who I had met before out West) to graciously spend a few minutes of her day showing us around. We waited at Parliament for our impromptu tour guide and then headed around.

We saw the Parliament, the Market, the Canal, City Hall, some parks, some etcetera, and the general area. It was a great tour and gave us an idea of what Ottawa had to offer. This was fantastic because we had no idea what there was to see... Our excellent guide concluded the tour be returning us to where we started and then left us to our own devices.

Still having some time we returned to some of the places to get some more photos. We headed back to the market to buy Beaver Tails, which, contrary to their name are just a pastry covered in some kind of... sauce... like... chocolate... mmmmmmmm...

We wandered around a bit and then noticed that the time was ticking. Our hosts would be home from Montreal. We drove to their place which was a beautiful home in what was once the town/city/thing of Orleans. Now part of Ottawa they live in Ottawa. Our hosts were my sister’s best friend Courtney and her boyfriend Jason. They took us into their home and we enjoyed some fantastic pizza to the movie Snatch. The movie was... wild. And... awesome...

Exhausted as always, we went to bed.

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