More ice cream

took a drive out to Old Chelsea to check out La Cigale, an ice cream store right at the entrance to the Gatineau Park Visitors Centre.  Well worth the drive.  The ice cream is homemade daily in crazy flavours like strawberry & sour cream, gingersnap & chai, raspberry white chocolate, and banana skor & walnut.  Sat in one of the many adirondack chairs on the side lawn enjoying my cone and then wandered into the Galerie Old Chelsea right next door to check out the art.

Ice Cream Dream

Nothing says summer like ice cream.  Sure you can buy a prepared frozen snack in the grocery or convenience store, but that doesn’t compare to a fresh scoop in a cone from one of these specialty stores.  Discovered a great  little spot - Gelatini Gelato on Preston Street - run by a wonderful young couple.  They are welcoming, accommodating and smiling....and their gelato is delicious!

WAKEFIELD - a drive in the country

My cousin was visiting for the weekend and I wanted to show off Ottawa. It was a rainy, cold spring day so anything outdoors was out of the question and she was not into museums.  What to do?

We took a leisurely drive to the country and ended up in Wakefield.  Along the way, we stopped to show her the Wakefield covered bridge.  To our pleasure and surprise there was a wedding ceremony taking place and we were there just in time to watch the bride walk down the ‘aisle’ from the road to meet the groom waiting undercover of the bridge.  How special!

The rain did not stop us from wandering in and out of the funky little shops and then stopping for lunch at my favourite eclectic restaurant, Le Hibou.  All in all, a great afternoon.