Having eaten our own body weight in cooked breakfast, we went on to visit the Defence Attache at the High Commission (potentially more media interviews to come!!!) to allow us to up date them on our plans and more importantly our safety protocols. This was followed by some shopping as I needed to buy thermal pants, in an attempt to keep the really essential bits warm!!! I also needed to purchase a lightweight knife and some lip-balm. It was a beautifully crisp and clear day in Ottawa with a temperature of about -10 so wandering around was relaxing and pleasant.
The eat-a-thon/crashweightgain continues as a pace, although neither of us appear to be showing any real sign of any weight-gain. That said we managed to eat the following each:
Full cooked breakfast including bagel, bacon, sausages, 2 x eggs, 2 x pieces of toast and a lot of coffee (Matt only) and a hot chocolate (Jules only)
French Vanilla Coffee, 2 x Tim Horton’s Doughnuts
Foot Long Subway Sandwich
Dinner - which was a large meal at a very good local resuranet which served local ‘First Nation’ specialities.
We were also very pleased to met up with 2 guys for dinner who have been essential in organising elements of the trip and in providing advice on how best to achieve certain things in Canada. It was great to finally meet them as all contact until this evening had been through email and the occasional phone call. The evening was simply outstanding and we learnt a tremendous amount from them both.
Everybody in Ottawa continues to be incredibly helpful; from restaurant, hotel and bar staff to bus drivers they seem to have incredible patience with what must look like 2 people who have just bought matching outfits from a charity shop, have funny accents and know absolutely nothing about Ottawa - yes, we’ve come across as complete villagers more than once today!!!
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