Chimo Ottawa

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... some apples and headed on our way. On the way back, had a chat with a local cyclist who filled us in on the path system in Ottawa and cycling in general in Ottawa. Due to the large number of people using bikes in the city there have been a lot of vehicle-cycle incidents. Unfortunately, he told us, 5 have resulted in cyclists being killed. (We need to confirm this as it seems extremely high!) Returning home we changed and, on Marie&#8217;s advice, went to &#8216;LaTwist&#8217 ...

... br>August 27th- Thursday- We were up early, finished spiffing up the house, took all the cat evidence out and about 8"30 headed out to take Boston the the Petsmart PetHotel! What a neat and professional place! Then we were off to Merrickville to play tourist in a neat old town that probably lives on tourism. We spent a couple of hours there, finishing our tour with an ice cream cone. Back to town where I fell asleep in the car waking as Becky pulled into the ...

... because usually the tourists are largely from only a couple certain countries. It also happened to be an absolutely gorgeous day which helped matters. The cool thing is that they actually built in these little path things so you could take photos of people and they would look like they were standing in the middle of a field of tulips. There wasn't that much ...

Hong Kong Our plane arrived after 13 hours in the air from Vancouver, leaving at 1 pm chasing the sun all the time for a long long day, finally succumbing and arriving at 6pm in the dark. The good impressions about the city start right at arrival, no visa is needed for Canadians, and there is a vast modern new airport and a superb high-speed rail connection (about 20 mins) to get to downtown. We arrived for a visit of Vincent and Rory who took up residence some 18 months ...

... into my hotel and decided that I was not venturing out into Montreal until the next morning, if I even wanted to check it out. For some reason that drive put in me a "mood of all moods" that made me too stubborn to even plan my trip for the next day, haha. I still hadn't figured out the issue of eating and by now was hungrier than ever. I didn't have a microwave in my room and definitely needed something more than a snack. I thought of ordering room service and picked ...

... front shops with; would you believe it?, Markets! GREAT except the street is crowded and narrows a little, BUT hey two parking metres are free, just what the Castle requires, Brake, Earnie hops out to back us up just as a car chooses to dive into the first parking space. Oh boy! Thankfully the guy observed our challenge before Earnie managed to get to the rear of the Castle and he pulled back out again, this allowed us to back in safely and take the double space. We ...

... government areas were mere blocks away. What a contrast. Ottawa generally seemed a bit gritter than Toronto, tourist hotspots and the financial district aside. <br><br>I took myself on a tour of the Parliament building and surroundings, rubbed that guy's foot, saw the cats of Parliament Hill, watched the evening sound and light show (fun, despite the perhaps OTT 'we're great ...

... clenched just about every muscle in my body. My back was to the gun of course. It had been a while since I played paint ball so I was trying to think how much that hurt when....AAGGHHH!!! Ah, now I precisely remembered how much that hurt. Right on the upper left cheek. No not the cheeks on my face. Yup, that'll definitely leave a mark for a couple of days. Alright, so at this point Ron is given 5 more paint balls and the 4 cans are presented once ...

... back to a bus stop, stopping at the war monument (where the Nov. 11th ceremonies are always held). We had 12 minutes to spare on our meters. So, we plugged them for another 2 hours and went to the Canadian War Museum. The boys thouroughly enjoyed it ... actually, I think we all did! It was an exahausting day - lots of walking, rushing, pressure. We decided to try to camp as close to downtown Ottawa ...