Orange Ottawa

... table, facing up to the red light of the laser, I had my eye-lids taped and held open with little speculum a la Clockwork Orange. A suction cup device placed on the eyeball blocked my vision as it secured my eye for the incision in the cornea. It was a ...

... the advantage having lived here and was fortunate to learn the Geography of the whole of North America in that time. Ottawa is not only the capital of Canada but also the answer to the 2nd most popular capital city trivia question - "What is the ...

... .  We walked back to their house, retracing our steps along the route for the third time tonight, and settled in for a cup of Orange Pekoe tea and a chat listening to the Kings of Leon.  I hope we didn’t put them off meeting us or more of ...

... , had to follow it. Signage along the trail told us it was part of a much bigger trail system - my heart skipped a beat. Exploring Ottawa on bicycle was a possibility! When we returned to the B&B, Marie (our hostess) had arrived home. She was a very ...

... for Sylvain because he is getting a ride home with us. He shows up, has a Coke, I take a picture of him with the funny orange tree, and then we go back to Marie's. Marie and Tommy are there, but they are on their way out for Vietnamese, so I present ...

... . I went over, which was just 5 blocks down from Evans. Crazy. On the way, i passed by the Hungarian embassy, a cool orange castle, and the Iraq embassy. It was really creepy. There was reenforced steel fences and a locked gate. Its weird to think that ...

... life there. It’s sinking in that I won’t be returning. This is not some seven day vacation back to Ottawa. I find I occasionally consider trading in my ship with an anchor for a budding tree with roots digging deep into the topsoil; ...

It is the day before Martyn's birthday.  Here is what I invented for him.  Hengtyn birthday scone, low sugar but creamy buttery cranberry orange scone...made with ...

... back and check in. So off we go in the rain stopping first at the local cafe - Cafe Tarmac for a petit dejeuner of orange juice, tea and croissants. We decided to then to head toward the Marais and the Georges Pompidou museum. But first we stopped at ...

... early evening. Fall is here though - all the hilltops coming down over the north shore of Lake Superior and down the Ottawa River valley were orange and yellow looking down from 35000 feet. I have a short stay here, then home to the UK on the overnight ...