We spent the Valentine's day weekend in Ottawa. Driving into Ottawa after work on Friday was quite tiring - but we did finally arrive at our hotel, The Bostononian. We liked our 'suite': It featured three rooms, and the tiny kitchen (which we hardly used) even a dishwasher.

We normally would have stayed with friends, however we didn't want to impose during the Valentine's weekend and their move. Actually booking the hotel was kinda a last minute decision, and then also the booked hotel turned out not to be available. Hence the reservation was switched, but it ended up being cheaper and more central, so it worked out to our advantage.

Unfortunately I cannot say the same about the Valentine's diner, where we eventually ended up in a 'family restaurant', which wasn't really all that great and still quite expensive. But we still had a good weekend and enjoyed spending time together. All the other restaurants were booked due to the special day and Winterlude going on. We spent the evening watching Ghost.

Despite the colder weather we were lucky enough to have a chance to go skating on the canal with our friend Tanja. Unfortunately the rented skates were uncomfortable as always, so I guess I should maybe consider getting some soft boot ones like the ones Kim has. What started with strong wind and blowing snow during breakfast turned out to be a nice day for skating after all.

On Sunday we took things easy after a nice breakfast and we also had a stopover at Tanja's for tea on the way out. The drive back home in the afternoon seemed rather fast this time, despite not taking to Express Tool Route (407). We stopped in Mississauga at Pho 99, a Vietnamese restaurant.