[story] Ottawa: I came, I saw, I left

Ottawa: I came, I saw, I left
Posted by Alban in Ottawa on 17/Jul/2007

If you know anything about Ottawa you probably know it as the capital of Canada and not much else. That's most of the story. Unless you work for the government, there's not much to do in Ottawa, particularly after sunset, aside from an all-you-can-eat lobster dinner and a cozy bed...

Read the rest of: "Ottawa: I came, I saw, I left":
http://www.sitebits.com/2007/ottawa_i_came_i_saw_i_left.html

I get suspicious, too, when people say to me "I *love* Ottawa!". And I always want to ask "what exactly do you love there?"

Meanwhile, Ottawa has been busy promoting itself as a tourism destination in US magazines with its outrageously misleading slogan "A bit of Paris with a dash of London"... (which, if I remember correctly, Ree deftly changed to "A bit of government with a dash of parking").

I think this money would have been better spent improving the city rather attracting tourists who will inevitably leave disappointed.