Sunday, January 25, 2009

Return to Ottawa



The brunette, looking pretty good on skates considering she hasnt skated much in her life.

Ah the return to Ottawa was wonderful.

It seems that I always forget how comforting Canada is. I think its because whenever I go overseas, I just get carried away by my natural interest and enthusiasm to learn as much as I can about the new place I'm in, that I forget what its like back "home".

Can you believe that I now speak that way about Canada!!

My first impression on arriving back was how QUIET, CALM, ORGANIZED, and RELAXED Ottawa feels compared to DC. Granted, I was down there at a very unique time, it probably isn't like that all the time. On the whole though, I think the pace of things is faster in the US. People up here are slightly more relaxed in their day to day doing of tasks.



Myself, enjoying the 8km skate we did that day.

Anyways, had a great time the day after I returned, went skating on the canal (which, for anyone who visits Ottawa in the winter, I HIGHLY recommend). They put cafe's on the ice which, every 3 kilometres, sell coffee, hot chocolate and beaver tails (a sweet Canadian pastry).

I also went to yoga and to see the movie Slum Dog Millionaire. On the whole a fabulous way to return to life here.

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