Thursday morning, leave Toronto.
We drove to Ottawa and stayed at the Lord Elgin hotel which is downtown. So downtown that we opted for Valet parking.
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room is traditional with a tulip theme.
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You are offered a $5 incentive to spend in the hotel if you decline housekeeping. Since we were only staying overnight, we didn’t use it.
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The view from our hotel room.
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We walked by the Rideau Canal.
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Oscar Peterson statue on the way to the National Gallery.
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This is a big memorial piece, you walk through it.
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Outside the National Gallery, free on Thursdays evening.
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The Maman sculpture is outside the museum.
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There is an inside terrace which is actually considered artwork so I snuck a photo.
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Overlooking the terrace
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After this closed, we had dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Byward Market .
Friday morning at Staples and then to a print shop.
Off to make a delivery.
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Japanese sushi lunch in Chinatown.
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This is a view of the gate from inside the restaurant.
Processed our visas at the Vietnamese Embassy. They were very fast, 1/2 hour. Cash only.
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Stopped for gas in Port Colbourne and Greek dinner.
Stopped by Bowmanville, watched a hockey game where S.B.’s son played. Unfortunately they lost.
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Home, Friday night.
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