{"id":4121,"date":"2014-12-01T18:41:57","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T23:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/?p=4121"},"modified":"2014-12-04T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T16:35:31","slug":"ottawa-visit-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meshell.ca\/blog\/ottawa-visit-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Visit Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently visited Ottawa and and when we weren’t having lovely elaborate meals at Cafe My House, I was wandering around the city finding things I was curious about, and JC was playing in the Magic Grande Prix across the lake in Gatineau.<\/p>\n

When I left my hotel that morning I didn’t really have a plan, on where I’d go, or how I’d get there, which I find is a nice way to get around the city. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on what you’re into) ‘there was a Santa Clause Parade in the city that morning so my route became a little less free, and a bit more focused on avoiding the parade.<\/p>\n

The nice part about this is that it led me to Bridgehead<\/a>, an Ottawa coffee chain that I wouldn’t mind seeing appear in Toronto someday.<\/p>\n

\"Bridgeport<\/a><\/p>\n

They have fair trade coffee (and were one of the first coffee shops in the country to offer such a bean) as well as lots of vegan options for lunch and snacks. It’s extra nice because they can be found in a variety of places around Ottawa, so there is often at least one nice familiar spot around.<\/p>\n

\"Parliament\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Coffee in hand, my next stop was the Parliament Building, which seemed appropriate, being in Canada’s Capital. I took a few pictures and a couple of silly parliamentary selfies, but I figured it was time to get going once the tour buses full of people appeared.<\/p>\n

Then I spent around an hour walking down mostly Albert Street toward The Glebe. I love walking, and especially lackadaisical walks spent doing absolutely nothing, but always feel obligated to be doing something or going somewhere when I’m at home. JC usually likes to get somewhere directly, so if we’re going somewhere that’s going to take more than an hour or so to walk, we usually don’t.<\/p>\n

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A photo posted by MeShell (@veganinyourcity)<\/a> on