Casino life not soo much for us. Yesterday we broke out of the quarry, took the bus from Gateneau to Ottowa. We had a great. Time on the Greyline tour of Ottowa and Dow's Lake area. In the afternoon we prowled Parliament and got a wonderful history lesson and tour of Parliament building. The stone work is amazing far eclipsing most of the architecture of Washington, D.C. Except the National Cathedral. We also went inside and up the Peace Tower. There is a lovely chapel in the Tower where the name of every fallen Canadian warrior is beautifully recorded and there lies their unknown soldier. A solemn and reflective place.
While the food at the Casino is neither good nor cheap we found a real gem of a place in downtown Ottawa called D'Arcy McGhees.
In about an hour we will shove off and start the Rideau Canal. It winds through Ottawa then goes country for a couple of days and ends in Kingston on Lake Ontario. Altogether it has 47 locks and this morning alone we will start with 8 in a row.
One observation: for the past 3 weeks we have been hearing, eating, speaking French. The Outtauouais River divides Quebec Province from Ontario. We were stunned that on the Ottawa side English is the oreferred language and it took a bit of getting used to different customs. Here on the Gateneau side it is more French and more laid back. Both sides would appear to carry a pridefull chip on thir shoulders.
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