Whew,
Yesterday was a busy day. We went down to the Parliament Buildings to watch the changing of the guard. It is a great spectacle of pomp and ceremony. After that, we got tickets to tour the Parliament Buildings. Then went off for a snack while we waited out turn.
The PB are interesting to walk through. You have to walk through an "airport style" security where you need to empty your pockets and get scanned (not the full body scan like they now have in some airports though). The most spectacular room in the building had to be the library. This room was the only one that survived the fire during WW1 and it is gorgeous. The room is circular and has books going all the way up to the ceiling. There are walkways (glass) on three upper levels to allow you access to the books. Unfortunately, that is the one room where no pictures are allowed so you'll have to take my word for it.
Near the senate chambers, there is a stained glass ceiling. Paul took a pic of it and, when we asked about it, we were told there were different reasons for the stain glass - some were for the provinces, some were for previous Governor Generals. When Ross was over in the evening he asked if we had seen the Ross stained glass - we didn't notice it, but will have to look at Paul's picture to see if we captured it.
After that, we found a bakery that can make a birthday cake for Paul (that James can eat) to take to the family BBQ on Sunday. The first one we went to was booked up since last Wednesday, so we had to go searching for another one. We located where the Games Workshop is and checked it out so that James can visit today, found a hairdresser and made an appointment for today, picked up the parcel from UPS and went grocery shopping.
Then, we had Paul's cousin Ross over for dinner (no, not Ross Ross - Paul's dad's sister's son - Ross Finlan). We spent a very enjoyable evening visiting with him and are looking forward to seeing him again on Sunday when the whole family is getting together.
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