I am now in Ottawa. I've been here since last night and have so far seen it in the dark and the rain. Which looks rather different from how it looks in pictures with bright sunshine...

The hostel I was staying at was basically a big house. On my floor were four bedrooms and two bathrooms - each bathroom had a toilet, sink and shower in it. So you can imagine the queues given that my room have eight people in it... It was very nice and friendly, but the room was boiling, the mattress was the softest thing ever, the bunk beds moved with the slightest movement. And I just couldn't take the sharing a room with seven people - especially as it was a smaller room than I shared with three people in Montreal.

Since they didn't take credit cards I'd only given them a bit of cash, so I decided to look into self catering hotels instead (which I didn't know existed until quite recently). I booked myself in one that was quite central and when I got here I got up to the room and it stank of smoke, even though I'd asked for a non-smoking room. The only way they could get me a non smoking room with a kitchen was to upgrade me to an executive room. I'll take photos of it tomorrow in the light because it's massive - it's bigger than my flat.

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