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Ottawa Day Two was significantly more relaxed. After waking at about 8.30 for me [to update all my facebook and blogs] and 10.30 for BF [he's a lazyass], our homestay couple offered to take us on a driving tour of the more touristy parts of Ottawa and Gatineau.

First we passed by the Air Museum and the RCMP horse grounds, then onto the ro...

I'll be home for Halloween by myself to face the horde of little monsters. Mary will be in Savannah, Georgia on her sister's weekend and Robyn will be out and about as they say in the Maritimes. At least I get to eat chocolate and lots of it because not many kids tend to show up at the front door. The rush is usually over by 8:00 PM

By OC Transpo bus we made it to Somerset at Bronson and then on foot we quickly headed Booth street. As usual, the place of our next challenge was very obvious. Although it was a bit of a modest setup compared to our recent stops so that only made us more curious. There was just a table set up with some sheets of paper and 4 volunteers behind it...

Make sure to check out Andrea's Travel Blog for more stories and photos of our trip!



Going home

Going home is always strange after being gone for an extended period of time. The last day in Bogota was the worst. Kind of like prolonging the inevitable exit. You reach a point when you realize that you are leaving and just wa...

Well, every good things has its end! We left bright and early this morning, and made our way back to Montréal, and then Ottawa. But now, Guy and I being very spontaneous at times, we decided to not go back home the same old way we got here, i.e. by the 87. It is the most direct way but... we've seen it already! So we hopped in the car, and head...

Well I'm back home...and already jonesing for my next trip...thanks everybody for following my blog and to everyone who posted a message! It's always nice to hear from people! Cheers for reading and hopefully I'll be writing another one soon! Ali

It takes slightly less that 11 hrs of non-stop overnight flying to get from Toronto to Buenos Aires, but there is only one-hour time difference, they are on Halifax time. Sometime in the morning the plane flies over the equator and the Amazonas...time to forget the winter, we are about to land in Buenos Aires and it is summer. Buenos Aires remin...

Alright we're on our way...bye bye Ottawa, Greece here I come...

When we arrived in Ottawa the outside temperature was -12 degrees Celsius. We were absolutely freezing!! We'd seen a woman in LAX wearing a floor length fur coat when it was 15 degrees above and here we were in sweatpants shivering. I acclimatized to warm weather pretty quickly and it was frankly a bit of a shock to be back in winter all of a su...