Blair's Blog

Well, we made it home safe and sound – to a tidy house and angelically sleeping children. We should go away more often! The weekend away was really nice – we had some lovely sunny spring weather, the tulips were just starting to blossom and we spent time going for lattes and enjoyed being tourists. We were busy enough to feel like we were getting good value out of our days and relaxed enough to feel like we got a break from the busy life at home. The kids enjoyed a bit of being spoiled – sounds like they managed to dodge some of their regular chores while we were away. Next time we will have to leave a copy of the chore schedule for Gram and Gramps!

The last day of our trip was a little overcast, but we didn’t mind too much as we had set aside the day for a visit to the Canadian War Museum. It is really too much to absorb in a single visit. As it was, we skipped the entire post-WWII era and zoomed through the military equipment displays without reading any of the information. The museum building is vast and full of open spaces offset by wandering labyrinths of display areas. An employee of the War Museum had been seated beside me at the Vintage Wings dinner on Thursday and had been explaining how the architecture of the building was intended to be overwhelming and unsettling to reflect the chaos and upheaval of military conflict. I’d say it worked.

We headed to the airport after the War Museum, and had just enough time for a bite of dinner at the airport before we caught our flight home. Here are a few photos of the weekend to go with the last couple of posts: