As we were driving back from Palmerston to Ottawa, we stopped in Belleville for a quick bite to eat. When we were leaving the city, I noticed this bumper sticker on the car in front of us, while stopped at a red light. It stated: "If you don't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them". After reading that statement, I felt the need to take a picture and use it for my blog post for today. I have family and friends that have served in the Canadian Forces, and I have family and friends that are currently active in the military, some even in Afghanistan now. I stand behind our troops 100%. I am humbled by their sacrifices and often think how lucky we are because of our Troops. On a side note, today was the last day for advance voting and I voted! Voting is a privilege that we have here in Canada, and if you haven't voted yet, please go vote on May 2nd. Think about what it means to vote, your vote counts! And if you don't vote, don't complain!
After work, I headed over to the Ark Hotel Lounge for a #W2P event. It was a nice return to the Ark Lounge, where so many meetup's have taken place in the past. It brought back some old memories. I took a few photos within the Ark, but by no means taking advantage of the great retro-modern look of the hotel. I just sat in my little corner and took a few photos, chatted with a few people who passed by, and enjoyed the after work gathering.
Today we celebrated Easter, had a really nice dinner and enjoyed some wine throughout the day. Here's a photo of a few of the bottles, there's a few I think that didn't make the photo as they were in another room and I didn't go looking. Surprisingly, all the wines we drank today were VQA wines from Ontario and I was quite impressed by the varieties and tastes of these wines. If you want to hear more about these wines, there will probably be a review about the wines in the next few days on our wine blog.
Yesterday, as we were headed towards Palmerston from Niagara, we decided to stop at a few wineries and try some wine. I decided to take a few photos of Angel's Gate Winery. Their wine was good, we had a really good experience there. Lovely location and site. The location is great, within 300 yards, you can visit 2 other wineries. We visited Thirty Bench just before getting to Angel's Gate. Thirty Bench had just released four new wines, which they offered complimentary tastings. Their Riesling was quite impressive and tasty! As for Angel's Gate, we purchased some Cabernet Franc and some Merlot which were also very tasty and well worth the purchase. 
