Stats:
Odometer start: 14164
Meals:
- Breakfast: Free at the hotel. Muffin, boiled egg, and coffee.
- Lunch: Continental Bagel at ByWard Market. Montreal smoked meat on bagel with Swiss cheese, Diet Coke. $9.00
- Dinner: Bombay Garden. Butter chicken, mixed vegetables, crepe/potato dish whose name I forget, dessert. I didn’t pay.
Notes:
Checked out of the hotel about 10AM and drove around Ottawa most of the day. I was on foot downtown for a couple of hours too, by Parliament, etc. and in the ByWard Market. Had lunch there and determined that Montreal smoked meat is a very acceptable substitute for pastrami. Shot many stores for Groceteria. Major routes traveled were Rideau Street, Bank Street, Carling Avenue, and Wellington Street/Richmond Road. Ottawa is a pretty interesting place with some very explorable neighborhoods.
Met up with Robin about 6:30. We had dinner at a rather amazing Indian place (Bombay Palace) where he knows the owners. Great food, great place. We came home afterward and watched The Poseidon Adventure and some random TV. Got to bed about 1:00 and slept really well, but I had strange dreams all night. I realized when I woke up that I’d been hearing migrating geese all night through the open window and just barely audible through my earplugs. That amused me.
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Glad you had a good time in Ottawa. You certainly got a chance to get to know the town.
That dinner we had was great. The crepe/potato dish we had is called a Dosa. Chick-pea flour crepe filled with curried potatoes. MMMmmmm. I want one right now.
Looking forward to hearing about your departure and trip home.
Cheers!