Sunday, March 30th, 2008
I set the alarm for 6am today for my big day trip to Niagara Falls.
It's a bit of a stretch doing this trip from Ottawa in a day, as it's a 1200km round trip, but I've always wanted to see the falls and I needed something to take my mind ...
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Friday, March 28th, 2008
It seems sushi is the big thing here in Ottawa. The hotel I'm staying in has it's own Japanese sushi chef and when I went out with a few guys from the office last night, the choice of restaurant was between three different sushi places.
A refreshing change from the USA, ...
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Sunday, March 23rd, 2008
Planned a nice 5 mile route round the Canadian capital for my walk today. Starting at Byward Market on the East side of the city I walked to the Rideau canal and wandered along the path you can see in the picture. It was -10 at this point, with a ...
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Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
It gets mighty chilly in these parts folks!
I set off this morning from Ottawa at around 8am for a day trip to Montreal. The temperature indicator in the car read -19 degrees, so I knew that the two jumpers I had on probably weren't going to be enough to fend ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
I'm not normally a huge Foo Fighters fan, but when someone walked into my office today asking if I fancied an all expenses paid corporate ticket to their gig in Ottawa, it didn't take me long to shake off the jet lag and say "oh, ok then".
The concert was at ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Finally made it to Ottawa last night after a mammoth 18hr journey via Heathrow and Chicago O'hare. Time zone is currently GMT -4 hrs. Weather -8 degrees with lots of snow on the ground.
Here's a quick snap taken from my hotel (Brookstreet Hotel) room window. Looking forward to the weekend ...
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