Canada, Eh!

Friday morning at 8:00 Am we left to go visit Rebecca's sister Elizabeth in Ottawa Ontario. Traffic was fine until we got to the border, where we waited for about an hour. Not too bad for crossing the border into the states but usually it is quite a bit shorter going into Canada. There was some construction but nothing major. Then we got to the Toronto area and it took over an hour to make it through, and that was in the early afternoon. We figured it was so busy because everyone was leaving from work early on a Friday. By the time we were out of that traffic mess we were fed up already, but we were in for some more fun. It didn't seem like people knew how to drive, being rude and cutting us off. One guy tried to squeeze in between us and a semi, and then was so impatient that he passed the semi on the left shoulder. We figured it was good practice for driving in Romania though, and we made it to Elizabeth's at around 8:00 Pm. We enjoyed an Indian dinner and recuperated from the long day in the car.

Rebecca had fun driving after Toronto.

Man, wish we would have taken a picture of that move!

Saturday we had brunch of bread and some tasty pastries from a local bakery. Then we headed out for a tour of the city. Ottawa is a very beautiful place, filled with classical architecture and landmarks. Being the capital of Canada there are many nice government buildings too. There are tons of ethnic restaurants too, so if we lived here we'd be spending way to much money trying them all out. For dinner we had Sri Lankan food which was out of this world!

We toured the governor general's residence where we saw traditional guards just like you see in the movies. The guard changed every hour, accompanied by bagpipe music which we enjoyed quite a bit.

Today we drove over a bridge to Quebec to see a great view of Ottawa.

We attended and enjoyed our first Orthodox church service. We have so much to learn about the Orthodox faith and the way they do things. We'll have plenty of chances once we're in Romania though as it is mainly an Orthodox country. We got to meet some of Elizabeth's Romanian friends and we talked about what to expect in Romania as we enjoyed an Ethiopian meal.

We have had a great time visiting Elizabeth and touring this city. Please continue to pray for safety in travels as we will be on the move again tomorrow.