Day 4 – Ottawa

This morning we woke up early and went for a walk to find some breakfast down in Ottawa’s market area.  Being a Sunday morning nothing was really open, and because Paul had a slight navigation error during the walk, we were in a hurry to get back to the hotel to catch the bus.  Because of this we had to settle for McDonalds for breakfast.

It was the worst meal we have had so far on the trip.  Apparently when they say “Sausage McMuffin” in Canada, they mean pork sausage, not beef sausage like in Australia.  It tasted like crap!

We then got on the bus and headed out on a sight seeing tour of Toronto.  We caught all the sights… running past embassies and ambassador residences.. past the Parliament, the Supreme Court, and the War memorial.  Eventually we wound our way towards the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Stables.  There we saw a few of the horses they use for ceremonialduties, however no mounties were to be found.  Luckily we got a photo of one in their Ceremonial Uniform that we saw earlier in the day.

After the tour we hopped off at the Markets we tried to find in the morning and bought some fresh produce for dinner.  We also tried one of Canada’s favourite desserts… Beaver Tails.  Basically they are a flat donut, but taste good none the less.

After picking up a few souveniers we headed back to the hotel for dinner.  The salad we made from teh produce was fantastic, much better than the gunk we had in the morning.

Kerrina and Paul