Waiting for another Flight
Hello again from Ottawa Gentle Reader,
Having just completed a two day whirlwind trip to "HQ" of the Canada Council, I am once again killing some time in the Ottawa Airport. At this point I am in the new Maple Leaf Lounge here and it is very pleasant.
YOW is in the midst of significant renovations. Once upon a time I heard a comedian describe this place as "the Ottawa International Airport and drive in Lube Shop". Having come through here a few times in the last year while they were still using some of the old facility, one can kind of see where that description came from. It was a smallish, darkish, modest sort of place. The new facility is quite nice - the only strange bit is that it appears to have in excess of 25 gates, all in one long straight line. Seems like not the most efficient way to design something, but I suppose they did not ask my opinion.
Really, once you have been in a modern airport you have pretty much seen what there is to see. The same shops here as in Calgary, or Vancouver, or Edmonton or Regina. When I was traveling last summer I actually found myself in the Vancouver airport and had a strange sense of Deja Vu, convinced I was in Toronto.
Otherwise all is well, and the minor illnesses to which the family has been subject recently seem to be quietly disintegrating in the light of spring...
Best
Stephen
Having just completed a two day whirlwind trip to "HQ" of the Canada Council, I am once again killing some time in the Ottawa Airport. At this point I am in the new Maple Leaf Lounge here and it is very pleasant.
YOW is in the midst of significant renovations. Once upon a time I heard a comedian describe this place as "the Ottawa International Airport and drive in Lube Shop". Having come through here a few times in the last year while they were still using some of the old facility, one can kind of see where that description came from. It was a smallish, darkish, modest sort of place. The new facility is quite nice - the only strange bit is that it appears to have in excess of 25 gates, all in one long straight line. Seems like not the most efficient way to design something, but I suppose they did not ask my opinion.
Really, once you have been in a modern airport you have pretty much seen what there is to see. The same shops here as in Calgary, or Vancouver, or Edmonton or Regina. When I was traveling last summer I actually found myself in the Vancouver airport and had a strange sense of Deja Vu, convinced I was in Toronto.
Otherwise all is well, and the minor illnesses to which the family has been subject recently seem to be quietly disintegrating in the light of spring...
Best
Stephen
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