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🛷❄️ Rideau Canal Skating Diaries ⛸️✨ | Ottawa’s Winter Wonderland

⛸️ Skate Rentals 101 Rusty on the ice? No skates? No prob! 🎿 I booked online ($33/2hrs for a PAIR of skates—yes, it’s per PAIR, not per foot! 🎿💡). 📍 Pickup Locations Two spots: Rideau & Fifth Ave. 🚨 But Rideau was closed when I went! 🚫 Headed to 375 Queen Elizabeth Driveway instead—follow signs downstairs, turn right, and voilà! 🧭👟 ⚠️ Pro Tips for the Queue 1️⃣ Two lines, same wait ⏳ (no VIP fast lane here!). 2️⃣ Dress like an Eskimo 🧥❄️—30+ min wait if you didn’t pre-book! Or… just bring your own skates! 👟 3️⃣ Grace period alert: My 2-4 PM slot let me return by 5 PM ⏰—no extra charge! 💸 4️⃣ Shoe storage: Hand your street shoes to staff 👟→ they’ll babysit them! 5️⃣ Ice check: Web updates daily at 8 AM & 4 PM 📲⏰. My visit? “Fair” condition ❄️—watch out for bumps! 🕳️🚨 🍜 Bonus: Post-Skate Hunger Games Famished and freezing, I Googled a 4.8-star Chinese spot 🍴… only to find a takeout-only joint! 🥡 The grandpa behind the counter was sweet: “No proper seats, but… 🪑 you can chill by the fridge if you want!” 🧊❤️ Ordered the “Guo Bao Rou” rice bowl ($14) 🍲—tasted solid! More veggies than usual, and the grandpa nailed the pronunciation! 🇨🇳🗣️ Regret: One bowl ≠ enough fuel after skating. 🍚😢 Cue post-meal hunger pangs… 🏠🔄 #OttawaSkating #RideauCanal #WinterFun #SkateDiaries

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🛷❄️ Rideau Canal Skating Diaries ⛸️✨ | Ottawa’s Winter Wonderland

⛸️ Skate Rentals 101 Rusty on the ice? No skates? No prob! 🎿 I booked online ($33/2hrs for a PAIR of skates—yes, it’s per PAIR, not per foot! 🎿💡). 📍 Pickup Locations Two spots: Rideau & Fifth Ave. 🚨 But Rideau was closed when I went! 🚫 Headed to 375 Queen Elizabeth Driveway instead—follow signs downstairs, turn right, and voilà! 🧭👟 ⚠️ Pro Tips for the Queue 1️⃣ Two lines, same wait ⏳ (no VIP fast lane here!). 2️⃣ Dress like an Eskimo 🧥❄️—30+ min wait if you didn’t pre-book! Or… just bring your own skates! 👟 3️⃣ Grace period alert: My 2-4 PM slot let me return by 5 PM ⏰—no extra charge! 💸 4️⃣ Shoe storage: Hand your street shoes to staff 👟→ they’ll babysit them! 5️⃣ Ice check: Web updates daily at 8 AM & 4 PM 📲⏰. My visit? “Fair” condition ❄️—watch out for bumps! 🕳️🚨 🍜 Bonus: Post-Skate Hunger Games Famished and freezing, I Googled a 4.8-star Chinese spot 🍴… only to find a takeout-only joint! 🥡 The grandpa behind the counter was sweet: “No proper seats, but… 🪑 you can chill by the fridge if you want!” 🧊❤️ Ordered the “Guo Bao Rou” rice bowl ($14) 🍲—tasted solid! More veggies than usual, and the grandpa nailed the pronunciation! 🇨🇳🗣️ Regret: One bowl ≠ enough fuel after skating. 🍚😢 Cue post-meal hunger pangs… 🏠🔄 #OttawaSkating #RideauCanal #WinterFun #SkateDiaries

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