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I've been asked to post a recap of my trip, since so many had helped me out! It was great, and a lot of suggestions were very much appreciated!


We went to too many museums:

- the National Art gallery - enjoyed it somewhat, but I've got no tolerance for this bullshit "contemporary sculpture" - one piece of "art" was just a length of dirty rope zigzagged across the floor, and another was a pile of felt squares.

- The museum of Civilization was alright... went to an IMAX about fighter jets, which was decent. I missed the Petra exhibit, which I was really looking forward to.

- The museum of Nature kinda sucked, because we found out after we paid to get in that it's under renovations, so 2/3s of it was closed, and most of the stuff that was open was pretty half-assed.

- The museum of Science and Technology (this one was packed the day we went, because for some reason a shitload of kids were there on a class trip for 'National Engineering Week'. There was an interesting exhibit about forensic science, but there were too many kids to really take it in.

I was pretty sick of museums by the end of it all!!

We ended up skating on the Rideau Canal, which was probably my favourite part of the trip - I haven't skated in about 10 years so I was worried at first, but I did well, and we ended up skating about 9-10 km. We went on a Sunday, so there were tons of people and it was a beautiful day.

We went to E18HTEEN, as planned, and I ate the ostrich, as planned. It was actually really really good... I figured it would taste a lot like turkey or chicken or something, but it was actually more like eating steak... I was a little shocked when he asked if I'd be okay with it being cooked medium-rare - not something I usually consider with poultry!

I also had a beavertail on the canal, a burger at The Works, poutine at Zak's, and went out for a night to Tila Tequila (which isn't really my style, but fun nevertheless).

By the way, a few things for you Ottawians: for all that nice weather you had at the end of February - you're welcome! (sorry about that big storm the day after I left, though). Also, you people need to start drinking more dark rum, because all I could find at any restaurant/bar was Captain... not cool.

Anyway, thanks to everyone again who made suggestions!