When we booked our trip so that we would be in Ottawa for Canada Day, we had no idea William and Kate would be there on their first trip abroad as a royal married couple.
Make no mistake: Canadians have not severed the ties to the mother empire. If they had, we would not have been nearly smothered by about 300 000 loyalist Canadians who all braved the heat to get a glimpse of the rulers-to-be as they arrived on Parliament Hill with all the necessary pomp and circumstance (and about half of the Canadian Air Force).
Did we see them? Yes, on the giant screen - they passed us maybe only 20 meters away but the wall of humanity between us and HRHs effectively blocked the live view.
It was fun all the same, and as the day ended with a big concert and fireworks, we could not but notice the total absence of drunks and troublemakers in the vast crowd. Ottawa remains an elegant, friendly and warmhearted city that is as nice and cozy as a major capital can be. We will miss it when we leave on Sunday.
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