Canadian BBQ

Our last day in Ottawa.. We spent the last day shopping to spend the gift cards we got given by Tony and Vinna. Thanks again for the gift cards!! We came to your wedding you didn't need to get us anything!

 We went to Bayshore shopping centre which has all the usual shops in. I got a $100 (about £60) Sport Chek gift card - it's like JD Sports with the brands they sell but its layout is like Sports Direct though. I got a grey Puma hoodie, Nike shorts and an Adidas sports bra. Things are pretty much the same price as home but maybe a little more expensive with the exchange rate being so bad. We ended up going to this other retail park as Bayshore didn't have a shop for Chris to use his gift card and it had a Sport Chek. I just wanted to go in to see what they had and they had my hoodie but it was on offer so I ended up getting the difference refunded and got a kids Nike gym top and got change. So it didn't work out too bad. 

In Bayshore I got my sushi fix but it was the only sushi I managed to have over the 2 weeks though.

Could do with some sushi now writing this...

After shopping we went to Jackson and Kelly's as they were having a BBQ in theirs. Their house is also huge. It was just never ending the rooms they were showing us like you would have an amazing time playing hide and seek in there probably get lost! Still can't get over how big it is because it didn't look that big from the outside!

The food was so good! Definitely the best BBQ I've ever been to.

Jackson has a smoker where he put the meat in to cook for a couple of hours and the ribs and chicken wings were so nice. Every BBQ needs to be like this. There was so much more food as well it was just never ending felt so fat after it. 

We got super competitive as well as they have a Nintendo Switch so we were playing Mario Kart and Mario Party. I want a Switch even more now but I don't know when I would play it. 

Angie and Anna's mum and Dad and their grandma.

The biggest group photo with everyone almost everyone in Ottawa!

The last time we got to see everyone till I don't know when. But everyone was so nice and welcoming spending so much time with us and just kept spending money on us - paying for breakfast, dinner, gift cards just everything. Thank you all so much and hopefully yous get to come to Liverpool/England soon we can spoil all yous back!

Toronto posts to come.. We managed to pack a lot in the space of 4 days...

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Ottawa

Day 6 - penultimate day in Ottawa! Started off very chilled by going to Nordik spa thanks to Andy for giving us the money to go!

Nordik Spa

Nordik spa - think of the blue lagoon in Iceland. Hot tubs, cold tubs, infinity pool, steam, sauna, hammocks, beds, sun loungers. It's $132 (about £83) you can rent a robe and you just spend as long as you want there and chill. You get a wristband with your locker key that you top up with money to get food and drinks. 

The word of the day was Zen. It was so nice and I fell asleep for nearly 2 hours in a hammock I was that zenned out. I can't say I'm a fan of a sauna though - I think it's my actual worst nightmare because I was melting. I managed 5 minutes then it was too much I was dripping like I'd walked out of the pool. Tracy couldn't even manage a minute and Chris wasn't even wet after 5!

I didn't take my phone round with me as I didn't want to drown it and it was good to just a have a bit of detox without it as I constantly have it in my hand I do need a break from it. I was gutted I didn't have it with me to take a photo of the food we had though. Got scallops for lunch they were so nice and looked so good! In the showers they have all shampoo and soap for you, towels, hair dryers and straighteners in the changing rooms so you don't have to take anything with you.

Top Karting

After we went go karting with Jackson, Kelly, Tony, Michelle and Micky.

It was $68 (£43) for a 5 minute qualifier then 30 minutes non stop. I washed my hair at the spa and it was pointless because I was so sweaty after go karting it was so hot wearing the helmets. Was wet afterwards pretty disgusting. Was so thirsty afterwards and my whole body was aching cos I was just throwing myself into the corners going round them and my hands were sore from gripping the wheel. It was a hard track with a lot of turns and I really don't know how you're suppose to turn round a corner in a go kart. But it was fun I do like go karting not that I'm any good at it though.

After we went for food at this pub I don't remember it was called with Jackson and Kelly in downtown Ottawa.

I got the lobster roll and left the bread. I wasn't that hungry as it was late. 

Tracy and Christ got a couple of bits between them. Jackson and Kelly got prawn tempura between them.

After we went on a touristy walk.

The National Gallery Canada

The spider is so creepy I'm so glad we didn't end up going back and seeing it in daylight even though it's just as scary lit up in the dark. I ended up having a nightmare about it that night. I scream and woke myself up. That's how much I hate and scared of spiders and it is huge!

Ottawa Sign - Byward Market

Chris managed to climb up it so I wanted to go too!

Because of the letters it's so much harder to climb than the Amsterdam sign!

I eventually got up there...

But then actually couldn't get down... So Jackson had to save me.. 

Good job we never went back and to climb it cause Chris definitely wouldn't have saved me!

It was nice to just walk through and see Ottawa in the dark when it's quiet and not full of people. Surprised that there wasn't anyone around the sign apart from the odd people but then again it was quite late and a week night.

1 more post from Ottawa then Toronto!

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