-Yesterday was Canada Day (or not) and as we are in downtown Ottawa we are, I think it is fair to say, near the epicentre of the annual Canada Day celebrations. Through out the day we heard various celebration-related noises, but as evening approached the frequency with which we were hearing these noises really increased.
At one point we saw about 60 people in red unitards running along a near by street while being accompanied by an orchestra of car horns.
Fortunately we were able to take advantage of a dinner invitation and make our way to a more residential part of town for the heart of the evening. Unfortunately, the fact that we left the downtown core meant that at some point we had to return to the downtown core.
While the bus we took for the first half of our trip was almost completely empty, the second bus was packed with a number of semi-intoxicated Canada Day celebrators. Fortunately this bus ride wasn't too long. Then on the short walk back to our apartment we were able to see a number of attempted acts of vandalism and general drunken tomfoolery. The general attitude on display seemed to be "Canada's great, so lets destroy it!"
-Somehow in recounting our recent bike ride in Gatineau I forgot to mention that as we were passing the Museum of Civilization I looked up and happened to see a few familiar parachutes.
As we rode a little further we approached the parachute landing site and were able to hear the announcement that we had just witnessed a SkyHawks practice jump. In a matter of about 24 hours I not learned about the existence of the SkyHawks, but I also saw them perform twice (and they were did different material in each instance).
-My bread just came out of the oven so maybe that means that I really need to get down to work?
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