Oh Canada..
So, greetings from one of the world's greatest capitals (eh...) Ottawa! No, seriously, though, it's good fun! To my utter disappointment, I still haven't seen a mountie and it appears I won't, either (well, not a real one, anyway..."all those police-men out there are mounties, ma'am" - well, that might be the case, but I want a photo of one in a red jacket and a Stetson, not one in a blue windbreaker with a cap!)Instead, I got to see the Parliament (which, not surprisingly, looks a great deal like the one in London), the fantastic Museum of Civilisation, and the Royal Canadian Mint where I learned that they actually get quite a lot of the gold they use for their commemorative coins from pawn brokers in Las Vegas (of course, the rest is from Klondike). Oh, and the youth hostel is in a former jail, so I'm currently residing in cell number 5, complete with bars in front of the windows. The 8th floor is the former death row which is no longer used as hostel accomodation as apparently some people had some spooky experiences up there - since I'm afraid of...just about everything! - I'm quite happy that's not where I'm staying...Off to Toronto tomorrow