The day after the invasion...

Hey all! Yes I have survived the great journey! I am writing to you from quite the large internet cafe on Bank Street in downtown Ottawa. I arrived yesterday evening around 7:00 at my current residence. Everything came through without the slightest hitch. Sure the plane "Ultimate Chocolate Cookies" sucked, but that's okay.

When I got to my new home, I checked things out. There was a bottle of water and a frozen tv dinner in the fridge (my first Ottawa meal, thank you very much), a can of spaghetti sauce in the cupboard, two large chairs in the living room, a tv with a built in DVD player on the ground in the corner with a dead clock on top, a large bedroom with two fair size beds, a personal walk in closet and washroom, a washer and drier, and another washroom. Needless to say, as you will see in my pictures, there is not very much furnature in my room. But, that is what I was told before I took the Condo, so no big surprise. The place is not that big, but not that small. It is quite cozy. Now all I need is a plant friend and I will be set. Today I really should get some milk and juice. You cannot live off bottled water and Subway subs forever, unfortunatly.

Today I took off around 10am for a walk around my general area of the city. It is a very clean place and easy to get around. I made my way up to the government buildings on "the Hill" and took several pictures of the view. Lots of touristy folks wandering around like myself. So I walked around all the buildings, not wanting to wait in the projected "hour and a half" of waiting in line for a tour. Screw that. Instead I just offered to take peoples photographs in front of "the Flame". Great entertainment. After that, I made my way down Wellington Street and passed by the Court House of Canada and all that jazz. So I made my way back to Laurier via Kent, Spark, and Lyon. I shot into a Pharmacy on Spark Street and picked up some Garbage bags and bottled water, haha. Then I continued down Laurier to Subway and purchased some much needed food. When I got back to the condo I was pretty beat...2 hours of walking through busy intersections will do that to you.

When I leave the cafe I will get some other things to help me survive as well as give the managers I am going to be working for a call to see if they want to have a "happy hour" tonight.

In the meantime, check out some of the new pictures up at the website by clicking here. I will be posting again in the next day or two! Take care all!

Steve