I should mention that the hotel we stayed in is actually more of a place to LIVE. I think we were one of the only people who were just visiting, instead of living. It wasn't a bad place, per se, but it had it's issues. Like the fact that the windows only opened about 4 inches. And that they never cleaned our room for the whole time we were there*. But it was cheap and mostly clean so we were OK. Oh, and it had a whirlpool in the basement that soothed my feet, which was right on.
During our stay we tried to save money by eating out only one meal a day. Since our room had a kitchen, we bought stuff at the grocery store to make for lunch/dinner. I love how everything is printed in French, but the actual product was made in the USA:
When we did eat out, here are some of the things I ate:
In my opinion, vacations are all about the food first, tourist attractions second. We went to Byward market on our second day there. That's a place I could live in until I died. We went into one stinky cheese shop and I was in heaven. I think I need to be more well versed in cheese, since it's something I love to eat. They also had great meat and seafood shops, too. If I lived in Ottawa I'd do most of my shopping there, for sure.
Tomorrow I go back to work. I'm actually looking forward to it as I'm now completely broke. I was going to go in today (even though I took it off), but our flight was delayed almost 3 hours out of O'Hare, and I had a crap load of stuff to get done while I had the chance. My next day off won't be until the end of October, so I had to take advantage of the day.
* they came in and took away the trash and left towels, but that was it.
4 comments:
You can eat two grilled cheese? Maybe that's why you didn't feel good, it wasn't the cheese but the quanity. I never get sick off of grilled cheese, and I like that its the one food you can order all over the world since I travel a lot and I am picky. Can't go wrong with grilled cheese
i can eat two grilled cheese within 6 days, which is what i did. i didn't eat 2 sandwiches in one sitting.
and i never said i didn't feel well. in fact, i felt fine the whole trip (except for a headache the first and second day). i said that the cheese wasn't very tasty.
Just wanted to say I LOVE poutine and I am so grateful for your wardrobe refashion link. I checked it out last week and have become obsessed! I know I don't comment very often but wanted you to know I enjoy reading your blog.
Those ravioli are called "No Name". I think that's awesome!
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