{"id":1176,"date":"2007-01-15T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2007-01-15T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-15T12:00:00","slug":"christmas-shopping-in-ottawa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/15\/christmas-shopping-in-ottawa\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Shopping in Ottawa"},"content":{"rendered":"

I went Christmas present shopping in Ottawa yesterday. Yes, I know that seems strange but there’s a small story behind it. My other half’s sister lives near Ottawa, so she bought Christmas presents for her sister and her nieces before I flew over, so that I could hand deliver them. When I got back to my hotel from work last Monday, they’d disappeared. There was no sign of a break-in and nothing else missing so I started to question my own sanity and memory and wondered if I might have put them somewhere for safe keeping and forgotten where 😉 After hunting high and low and asking at reception, it became certain that someone had pinched them although whoever it was was probably disappointed when they unwrapped them.<\/p>\n

The locals have all been pretty stunned and sympathetic.<\/p>\n

Yesterday I decided I would go out to buy some replacements and have a little walk round Ottawa centre. I’d been reliably informed that it’s a nice play to stroll around with some pretty old buildings and I wasn’t disappointed. It looks like my new phone takes a half-decent picture as well. Certainly good enough for blogging purposes.<\/p>\n

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I’d certainly recommend a walk along Wellington Street, where all of these pictures were taken.<\/p>\n

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That one is the Canadian Parliament<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The present shopping was successful and the brisk walk did me good. What a shame it was back to my presentation (and some more sport on TV) today 🙁<\/p>\n

P.S. I stopped in at the office on the way home from the shops, so that this set of presents are in a more secure location!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I went Christmas present shopping in Ottawa yesterday. Yes, I know that seems strange but there’s a small story behind it. My other half’s sister lives near Ottawa, so she bought Christmas presents for her sister and her nieces before I flew over, so that I could hand deliver them. When I got back to… Continue reading Christmas Shopping in Ottawa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1168,"url":"http:\/\/orcldoug.com\/blog\/2007\/01\/07\/a-fresh-start\/","url_meta":{"origin":1176,"position":0},"title":"A Fresh Start","date":"January 7, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned previously that I'll be spending January in Canada - Ottawa, to be precise. 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