Ontario and Quebec 2017: Day 1 - Travel Day

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It was a leisurely start to the day as the flight didn't leave until midday and we only live 20 minutes from the airport.

Breakfast was a fridge clear out - beans on toast for F, french toast for O, omelette for J and just toast for me!

By 9 am all was ready and we left via the post office to post the necessary paperwork to add O to my car insurance as he passed his accompanied driving course yesterday

We had our passports checked before check in - they asked if we had the ETA but seemed to have no visible way of verifying it!

After check in we went through security and passport control and before we knew it we were boarding with an on time take off!

The flight was fine - busy as expected!

Food was minimal - we took snacks which helped. There were no seatback screen but an app which seemed to work well. I read.

A second snack was bought round an hour before landing - a pizza type thing which the kids liked!

We landed 15 minutes early. We walked upto the immigration officer and were through 2 minutes later. The bags took a while but they did all come

We had to take a shuttle bus to the car hire place but were in the car within 15 minutes. We have a blue Santa Fe - a few scratches and bumps - which we had to get added to the damage list!

By 3.45 we were en route for Ottawa!

After a few false turns (thanks to the gps being slow to tell us when to turn) we were soon on the right road for Ottawa. Whilst it was busy in Montreal the traffic soon went down to a trickle!

Two hours later we were at our destination

The owner was there to meet us. The apartment is lovely- clean, spacious and very well located!

We went out very soon after to find some dinner. We are a 10 minute walk from Byward Market - a bustling market and restaurant area!

For ease we chose The King Eddy - a diner.

J and I had a veggie burger, F grilled cheese and O had fish and chips. J also had a beer.

It filled a hole

The bill came to C$68 plus tip.

Next stop was a much anticipated visit to Chapters - a book shop that also had an American Girl Doll concessionary. F had bern waiting for this for months!

The staff were lovely! No purchases made (yet ) and we will be back!

We walked back to the apartment and have found the PJs and tooth brushes! The kids are now in bed having done remarkably well - it is almost 9.30pm - 3.30am in France!

I am next! It gas been a long day but we have got here in one piece!