I arrived to Ottawa just after 4pm on the 17th. Immediately I headed for my friend Alixe and her boyfriend Joe's place. Alixe who did FLC with my in university together as my assistant peer mentor helped me get settled in to her lovely home. I was really taken aback by the decor, everything is so coordinated! There is a theme going on in each room and just so nice all around. It has a very holistic feel to home decoration to it and every piece of furniture and accessories really contribute to the whole place. Her living room has a woodland theme going with real tree branches jutting out from the ceiling and a huge mural of woodland scenes behind the TV. Meanwhile her bathroom looks like a scene from the OC, with its own beach persona. Anyways I took some picture and will try to do something similar when I move to Quebec city but probably a much crappier version haha.
Alixe also made some home made chillie for me which was nice since I was famished from the biking. I also took my first shower since 2 days ago - it was heavenly to say the least.
At night time we went to the local water hole for the Sens game against the Penguins. Unfortunately they lost similar to when I was in Kingston and watching the Toronto game. It seems the cities I travel to always lose :( I should really start going to states or something next time I do this trip and the Stanley Cup playoffs are on.
We finished the night off with a game of Settlers of Catan at Joe's friend Calvin's house.
On the 18th, we checked out the Ottawa downtown with its majestic parliament buildings. I also tried Geo caching with Joe while Alixe went to her life guard job. Geo caching is like a grown up version of a scavenger hunt but with advance future technology. You create an account and use your smart phone to zone in on locations posted by other users and you can find the treasures. We did about 4 in Alixe's area and found a couple of really neat little treasures. One is a ring and the other is a Travel Bug, which is a traceable chip. I will take the Travel Bug with me on my journey in Montreal and try to find another Geo caching site to put it in.
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| Watching the Sens game at the "Burbs" pub. |
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| Cool woodland theme decor at my friend Alixe and Joe's place. Real tree branches on the ceiling! |
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| High 5 for women's rights! |
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| Eating a Beaver's tail (made of processed dough). |
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| Buskers |
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| Geocaching in the woods |
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| Random squirrel that thought my shoes are its mom. |
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| Travel bug that you can input online to see where the item has been in the world. |
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