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Today was a transit day from Singapore to Ottawa. We woke up at 5:30am local time and did some last minute packing. Keith also woke up early and helped us call a cab to the airport. Thanks again to Keith and Teng Fang for being excellent hosts and our unofficial tour guides of Singapore. We especially appreciated all of the delicious food that you introduced to us.

After checking in at the airport in Singapore, we immediately hit the Star ...

... growth. We saw all of the government buildings, which were constructed with a limestone façade. (I think…I’ll have to verify that with my façade experts at my office!) The architecture was amazing on these buildings. Located along the north side of the downtown area was the Rideau Canal, running between Kingston (Lake Ontario) and Ottawa. We learned that Kingston was ...

... and the wife of Sir John Campbell who was the Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883. The province of Alberta is also named for Princess Louise.

As it was lunchtime it was a good opportunity to visit the Chateau Lake Louise, a world famous hotel ...........

The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise lies on the eastern shore of the Lake. The original Chateau was gradually built at the end of the 19th and the ...

... we were let in by another guest who had heard our knocking from his bedroom! Luckily, he happened to have the guesthouse manager's cell phone and called him up. We never got a real explanation as to why he wasn't around, but we finally got checked in to our room and dropped off our gear. This is when we got our next amazing piece of good news. Apparently the buses had decided that their work conditions weren't satisfactory so they felt like they would stop all ...

... Dan Brown, the author of the DaVinci Code. For lunch we went to an all you can eat buffet which had something to suit all our needs/wants. Ben and I left Sarah and Aunty Dorothy and went on a tour of the Parliament building. On the way there we went though a park and saw what we think were ground hogs and also some chipmunks, which totally made my day!! After tearing myself away from all the wildlife we continued up the the ...

... let me follow him through town, and he put me back on track. I kept driving and soon found myself in Lake Placid, behind two ladies in ponytails, cruising down the main drag in their forest green convertible. This allowed me to take it easy and enjoy yet another quaint tourist town, with wooden signs and ski-chalet themed everything. There was not one thing on that street that I wouldn't call "rustic". I was once again inspired to buy something quaint. Maybe a wool sweater this time ...

... my arms out of this torture. Ron wasted no time however. As soon as my arms were under the water he went in after the bolt and started quickly twisting it. He knew that I was in complete discomfort but he kept talking me through it. Even though he could have lifted his arms out at any time to take a break he never did. He never faltered. He just kept twisting that bolt. I felt like a wreck. I was quickly calculating if it may be worth it to lift my arms out and take advantage of ...

... if you want alcohol in Ontario you have to go out of your way to get it and then its gonna cost ya! Ottawa has two chains selling alcohol. That's right 2; The Booze Store - which is the alcoholic equivalent to Argos but without the information on the product just a small picture of the label on a large board with overinflated prices underneath. It sells nothing else, only beer. Second to this there is LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) - says ...