LÓrignal to Ottawa (99 km)

In perfect weather and wind we made it very quick to Ottawa, as usuall along the river. As we approached Ottawa, the river changed to the Ottawa River. During the day we passed several small towns, nice to look at. Sometimes they have a decent place to eat, sometimes rather not. Today we had lunch around half way as we always try to do. We tried a Chinese buffet for 9.95, all you can eat. First we couldn´t believe it, that cheap, how can they make money? But standing in front of the buffet, it became clear. 90% off all foods were deep fried, the rest had strange colors or still looked rather greasy. Not a nice cuisine, but rather basic fast food. But we tried it and it wasn´t bad, still an experience not to repeat. Just too fat. I can´t understand why so much food is deep fried here, after that all tastes similar and certainly makes the people fat.

With all that energy in us, we arrived in Ottawa the same time as the English Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron. In the whole town, every second flag is the Union Jack, so already entering town we suspected some important visit taking place. And índeed, roads were barred and therefore traffic a bit more tense than normally. We passed the National War memorial, where hundreds of people stood waiting for something to happen. When we asked an elder gentlemen, he told us that the Britsh PM was coming to this memorial to show respect for the fallen soldiers. And as we stood there, cars with blue and red lights arrived, all of a sudden bodyguards all over and Mr. Camerin as well as the Canadien PM, Mr. Harper, descended from their cars. They walked down the red carpet, listened to "Got save he queen" and greeted the guards of honour standing there. We stood very close and saw the whole ceremony very well.
Amazingly, Mr. Cameron looked always very serious, Harper a bit less. Both seemed not really to enjoy the whole ceremony, but tough luck, part of their job is also to be in a Zoo! They never greeted the ordinary people or voters standing there and watching. But it was great for us to see this from close.

Just what we had expected to see in a Capital!