I'm tres excited! Two weeks from Saturday I'll be in Ottawa for my cousins' wedding. It's my first time getting to be touristy in Ottawa, so I'm going to make the most of my two days there. I get in around 10am, so I'm going to go have lunch with the family, then go walk around the Parliament grounds and see if there's anywhere I can peek my curious head into. It looks like they have daily tours year-round, so I may try to hop on one of those, but I have a particular dislike for tours. I much prefer just exploring on my own and seeing what I see. I'll see what trouble I can get myself into. That's one part of Saturday accounted for, I haven't decided what else I'm going to do yet. There's four or five places I've read about that interest me... I'll have to choose one, maybe two depending on time. Pesky time, why dost though forsake me? The wedding is Sunday afternoon with reception that evening. Saturday night is the family party, so I'm not gonna miss that. We may end up downtown if tradition serves, but one never knows until one gets there. Hehe!
My road trip in August completed the circuit of provincial capital cities for me. I've been to them all and our national capital city, but I haven't gotten to do any touristy stuff in Ottawa, Victoria or Regina. So this will be one more off the list. I hope to do a BC trip in the next two years, so I may try to scratch off Victoria at that time, but we'll see what happens. It may not be my decision to make.
In the meantime, I'll try to plan something for Ottawa that will be memorable, though I won't have to try hard... our family weddings are traditionally unforgettable. (aka. impossible to forget)
