As I might have said, Ottawa is the capital of Canada. One of the things I didn't quite realise is that this means that this is where all the embassies are. The UK and the US Embassies are pretty large, for reasons that I suspect are obvious - they're both located right in the middle of downtown, a couple of blocks from Parliament.
But of course practically every country in the world has a presence here, too. It's very strange to be wandering round what seems a regular suburb when you suddenly realise that one of the houses you're walking past is in fact the embassy for Afghanistan.
I've seen a good couple of dozens on my travels. I should download a list of all the embassies here, and see if I can check them all off - it'll be just like a game of Pokemon. And I'm sure there will be no issues at all with an obvious foreigner standing outside random embassy buildings taking photographs and notes.
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