Eighteen days and I知 outta here
I知 gonna have myself a Canadian beer!

=D>

Yahoo!! And I hope a butter tart!!

...and a beaver tail and a Harveys veggie burger and French pastries and crepes and...

It's getting so close - I don't know if I can make it through another 2 weeks of work.

....and some Smarties!
Why does work always get in the way of our travels? Oh yea, they pay for the trips!

Oooh yes, thanks for reminding me. I've heard those Smarties are good stuff!!

Seventeen days soon enough
Til I知 safe in Ottawa, ain稚 no guff!

Oh, I love Ottawa!
If you wander down Elgin Street, a couple of blocks down, on the right hand side, there is a magazine store that has the greatest section of travel magazines that I've ever seen.
I always come home with a pile of new magazines... some from Britain and other parts of the world.

I've been to that store. It's amazing what they have. Ottawa is one of my favorite cities - it's so calm and relaxed.

...and don't forget crepes with the mini-GTGers!

Since we're "mini" GTGers, does that mean we get to pig out on crepes???

I am so looking forward to getting together with you all!!

Sixteen days and then I値l be
Making some Canadian history!

Do you mean our GTG will go down in history??? Wow!!
No wait, maybe you mean something else!!! What exciting things do you have planned up there in Ottawa???

I thought that after you all meet me, you'll make August 27th a national holiday!!

Now there is a geat idea!! National Toadtoes Day.
Years from now little kids will be wondering why it's called that!

Hey, if Tim Horton can become a saint, then I think it's only fair I become a national holiday.

Absolutely! And the same little kids probably don't know that Tim Horton was a hockey player. They probably think he invented coffee or something.

I knew he didn't invent coffee, but he did invent the donut, right?

Fifteen days and you値l know why
Canada is my idea of paradise!


(OK, you really won't know until I get home, but it rhymed...)

Well, as hard as I try , I can't think of anything to rhyme. I'm not much of a poet.
So I'll just have to say in 15 days, Canada will shine a little brighter.