Two weeks including Canada

The summer term officially ended (for me) yesterday. Two weeks until the beginning (for me) of the Autumn term. Two weeks I should fill with productivity -- but won’t -- catch up on my reading -- but won’t -- could catch up on my travelling -- and will! Yes, when it’s leisure there’s not much cause to avoid. Derrick agreed to watch Ryu for a week whilst I head to Canada. A good ole’ fashioned American road trip, in Canada. Three days in Ottawa, three days in Toronto makes for a awfully decent potential vacation. I’ve not ever been to Ottawa. Why not see the country’s capital? I hear it’s dreadfully boring but I heard similar opinions about Canberra. Those turned out to be mostly true -- but! -- for a day, one can’t go wrong with sightseeing; plus, one shouldn’t pass any opportunity to hassle some Feds. Ottawa’s geography makes it an attractive destination, as it’s across a river from Quebec. Quebec, many may already be familiar, is France in Canada. Yes! Flannel wearing Canadians speaking French. C’est un bon monde! I’ve not practised French with any seriousness since Sophomore year in college. It’ll be a lot of fun to be, tangentially, in a French-speaking country. Maybe I’m not fair to Ottawa, singings its praises for what it cannot change: being near la Francophonie. Anyway, I’m looking forward to the very long drive to Ottawa from Detroit: 10hrs says Google Maps. Nobody break into my house!