Day 3
June 30, 2015
We all had to get up at 6:30 go down to the restaurant and eat breakfast by 8:30. Everyone then left the hotel on the bus heading to the Rideau Hall! We all looked pretty snazzy! When we got there, after waiting for a lot of construction, we unloaded and started to tour the Hall.
It was a really beautiful place! After that we watched the trading of the torch, for the PanAm torch relay.
Someone ran it up to Rideau Hall and handed it off to the Governor General then he ran it down the hill and past it off to someone to keep going. Police security was really heavy. I have seen more police security here in the past three days, then I can ever remember seeing before!
Then we all went to the upper terrace to meet His Excellency! He came a little while later because he was still running! When he came we winners were all in a line and he talked to us and shook our hands! We took a picture, then we had to show him our work and tell him about it!
He was really nice and I didn't have to address him at all, we just talked about farming. Yup, he has a farm, he is used to hard work!
We then watched the changing of the guards at Rideau Hall and left to go back to our hotel.
We ate lunch in a hurry and then started walking to Parliament Hill as a group. We got to meet the lady who plays the bells in the Peace tower,
got a tour of Parliament,
and then headed down to the Rideau Locks!
Everything was so fascinating! Parliament is so completely beautiful! The locks are amazing!
Afterwards most of the group went back to the hotel to rest and change before the reception at Parliament! It was put on by the Chicken Farmers of Canada, so dad was in good company! There we had a delicious meal (although I don't know half of what I ate!), listen to some speeches, including one from Brent Hayden, a famous Canadian olympic swimmer! (that I had never heard of!)
Then it was time to go back to the hotel and sleep it was a good day!
Signing off,
Regan
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