We shift now to our recent trip to Ottawa, a trip from which we recently returned. What follow are several stories of that vacation…
I suppose we should have been disappointed that we slept in. The two-hour Winterlude One-Block Challenge had started at 8:00am, and we would arrive an hour later. But no, we were not disappointed. What luscious luxury it was to sleep long.
After a breakfast of fried eggs and toast, Dad and Khadija drove us from their condo to downtown Ottawa. Our original plan was to take the bus, but what a lazy luxury it was to be chauffeured.
And it was yet another luxury when they drove right past Confederation Park (our nominal destination) and dropped us off instead at a Tim Horton’s.
We hopped out of the car, adjusted our hats and mittens and sinched up our backpacks, as they pulled away from the curb and merged back into the morning traffic.
And we stepped into the coffee shop to have two large cups with cream.
