The weather was excellent last weekend. I was on-call but, fortunately, the world is not without nice people. My colleague Virgil was very kind to cover me for couple hours so that we could enjoy our first skating experience in Ottawa.
There were impressive number of people:
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My son Alex is a hero. He spent couple hours outside and by the time I could finally force him to go home the temperature went down to -15 with light breeze and somewhat high humidity. According to the local weather network it felt like 25 below zero.
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Today we had a “bye-bye Doug” dinner at Lone Star Texas Grill. From left to right - Alex Jr., me, Paul, Nicole, Olga and Doug (already switched to UK time zone as you can see):
They have excellent Fajitas. Of course, they serve Corona which is my second favorite beer after… eh… well, you know. They even keep pepper and salt in Corona bottles:
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It looks like finally the weather is “nice” enough for skiing. Recalling our skiing trips in Austrian Alps last year I can’t stop thinking about my favorite food there - Knoblauchrahmsuppe. Yum-Yum! I think I can translate it like garlic cream soup. I had to find some local substitutes here in Canada. Nevertheless, it tasted really good just like back in Austria.
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