What do Betty’s Tea Room in York, England and Simply Biscotti, the coffee/bakery bistro in Little Italy in Ottawa, Ontario in common?
Since I visited both within the past three weeks, thought I’d do a bit of an account of each the two days-mostly done through photos. This post is the Simply Biscotti visit last week.
Physical activity and spending time in friendly company
A friend and I enjoyed a lovely bike ride through the Dominion Arboretum on the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. The sun was shining, people were out enjoying a stroll and the sights of Canada’s Tulip Festival.
The Experimental Farm is a jewel in the midst of a city. There are five such research stations across Canada. The farm I grew up on in Saskatchewan was about 50km from the Indian Head station. Trees from that Experimental Farm stand on our now abandoned farmstead.
The Dominion Aboretum is in its spring glory. The collection comprises approximately 4,000
individual tree and shrub specimens from 56 families.
The Tulip Festival draws 500,000 visitors annually. It is estimated that are one million tulips in bloom during the festival. The colours and different varieties of tulips are amazing.
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