August 28th: Not complaining, mind, but when Urs and Nellie's flatmate, Matt, brought out his portable air conditioner at 7pm and set it up for us before he went out to dinner, I was tempted to change my will. The temperature is expected to increase overnight (what?) and officially reach 30 degrees at 5am before dropping again. (In Ottawa, even the weather is regulated, LOL.) It was already 30 in the flat when the AC came on. Walked to Quebec today, while the girls were at work. The Alexandra Bridge over the Ottawa River is about 10 minutes away, and I can never resist a bridge. It's not Golden Gate (only takes 25 minutes to cross and you could possibly dive off it if you had to), but it's a nice design all the same. Nothing much to do when you get there (other than the magnificent Museum of Civilization, which I've seen) but turn around and come back, but that's ok. I headed for the ice-cream stand in the Market. We watched 'Hoodwinked Too!' tonight. Dear Netflix, please come to New Zealand.