Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day to everyone back home in Canada, and I hope everyone is enjoying the day, especially in Ottawa on Parliament Hill and in Newfoundland at the O'Shea Canada Day party.

I was able to celebrate Canada Day here a few days ago. The Canadian Embassy held a reception on Friday night at one of the nicer hotels in town, the Grand Royal. Every Canadian in the country was invited-all I had to do was go to the embassy with my passport and I got an invitation. There are several Canadians in the internship program so we got dressed up (the dress code was "business attire") and headed out on Friday night.

We definitely felt a little out of place at the reception as the crowd was mostly businesspeople and diplomats, but the food was good and the drinks were free, so we didn't mind. There are rumors that the embassy is going to move to Bangkok, and the Ambassador, Donica Pottie, said in her speech that she is leaving Cambodia soon, although I wasn't sure if it was because her term was finished or because she is moving to Thailand.

Anyway, it wasn't a bad way to spend Canada Day away from home, although I do kind of wish I could be in Ottawa or St. John's this weekend.