It's probably a good thing that I don't have a set of devoted followers avidly awaiting my every update...
Since my last update I have left Quebec City and am now in Ottawa. My roommates changed, I did some socialising, I spent more time reading and not being a tourist.
I didn't get to meet up with Francis in the end; the timing didn't work out, which is a shame but not entirely unexpected. I'm essentially dropping in on people who have other stuff to fill their time with, and sometimes it doesn't work out to see them.
I made it until just before breakfast on the day I was leaving Quebec before I slipped and fell. I've been expecting it everywhere I've been so far with cold weather, but the falling snow combined with the slope in front of the Frontenac caught me out. (I'm pretty sure this is the same place I almost fell and hurt my leg during New Year's last time I was in Quebec). Anyway, I slipped, I landed on my tailbone, I was glad I was sitting on trains not having to walk for most of the day.
Ottawa has mostly been milder than the other parts of Canada I've visited so far. It's windy, but today was actually really mild and we were all overdressed.
So Ottawa has been more failed tourism. I arrived on Easter Saturday while Zoe was back in Lennoxville so I had the apartment to myself (well, me and the cat, Neelix, who loves me). Zoe got back on Monday though, but she's got papers due that she needs to finish so she feels like a terrible host (she's not; I'm more than capable of taking care of myself). I've mostly been lying around with the cat or sitting in the cafe across the street drinking really good coffee. She did show me downtown Ottawa and the parliament buildings, though.
I managed to find a tea I can actually drink multiple mugs of, which is somewhat surprising. Admittedly it's an herbal tea with no actual tea in it, but it's the closest I've ever been. If I can work out the easiest route then I think I'm going to need to buy some (not least because I've nearly finished Zoe's stash).
I haven't worked out when I'm heading off to next, yet. Zoe has told me I'm not allowed to leave, and other than deciding that I don't think I want to go to Toronto, I haven't sorted my next step.
Food is ready, so I'll leave this here.
