Sarah and Ian's Move to Ottawa

The story so far...having planned and booked a three month trip to South America, we were given a difficult decision to make when Ian was offered a job in Canada. After much hard thinking, we took the job, but get the best of both worlds as we still have two weeks in Brazil and Chile before arriving in Ottawa. We are now living in Ottawa and enjoying the big adventure of living somewhere new. This is the story of our experience...

Thursday, February 10, 2005

Fine wine

This morning we took a bus out of Santiago to the Undurraga vineyard for a tour of the winery. It was an interesting tour. The grapes were surprisingly small. We were shown the families private cellars, had a taste of three of their wines and were given the tasting glasses as souvenirs. We really enjoyed the wine so bought two bottles of red and a bottle of champagne. Only on the bus on the way to Santiago did we think it might be problematic to transport three glass bottles to Canada in our luggage.

Back in Santiago we went round the Pre-Colombian museum. A very good exhibition of South American Indian art and pottery. We liked the look of the souvenirs in the museum shop, but at £100 for a woollen scarf, we decided not to buy anything.

For those of you who have tuned in for the bigger story about out move to Canada and are wondering when we'll be arriving there, we're wondering the same thing. I've had several emails from my new employer but none confirming my work permit is ready, so we don't even know if we fly out tomorrow night. It's a bit difficult not knowing what we'll be tomorrow. We're off now to check our email again. We'll let you know!

1 Comments:

  • At 6:10 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, it is illegal to eat ice cream on Bank Street on a Sunday.

     

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