Ottawa - First night in Jail

Leaving many messages on Facebook, letting all our friends know we were spending the night in jail, was very funny, some even caught the bait and we're thinking of bailing us out! Have a read of this and you will see why we booked it....! "Plan a unique and memorable trip to the best Ottawa Hostel that'll not only include its sights, attractions, and activities but your overnight sentence in jail as well! The HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel is the only hostel in North America located in a former prison that operated for over 100 years. During your stay in this Victorian-era architectural relic, you'll sleep in former jail cells, the prison hospital, or maybe even the governor's quarters! Visit the Carleton County Gaol Heritage Centre located on the hostel's un-renovated 8th floor to see and learn what life was like for the prison's inmates, and take a tour to hear their stories or find out if the jail really is haunted." if you want to learn more check out the link http://www.carletoncountygaol.com/ Okay we took the guided tour before our first night, which gives you access to the restricted areas of the jail, the infamous 8th floor where death row is and the hangman’s quarters. so we learnt all about its ghosts before we went to bed! So off to bed we went, okay this was a bit unnerving but we were still giggling about it. We had bunk beds, so Jody took the top bunk and Bryan the bottom one. We were quite surprised that although we were sleeping in a jail cell, and the place had a sense of bleakness about it, we both felt comfortable and at ease. and all was very quiet apart from the things that went bump in the night!! Not only was Bryan woken up by raging toothache, but we were both woken up by someone turning on the lights, footsteps stomping around and slamming of doors. all it needed were chains to rattle and someone to go ‘ooooo’! When Jody decided to get out of the top bunk at 3am in the morning, it was funny, as they are not the easiest of bunk beds to get out of at the best of times, so at 3am was quite a laugh just to see her legs dangling off the top bunk!. so all in all we had quite a sleepless night. The next morning Bryan ventured out in the cold morning, and it was cold, to find the market had breakfast, then returned with a hot cup of tea to wake Jody up. Once we had done our laundry, Jody had a moan about the noisy events in the night and got a promise it wouldn’t happen again the next night. this is when we found out it was the night cleaner who shouldn’t even have been there so we were pleased it wasn’t anything supernatural! We headed out for the day, visiting Parliament Hill, and the Parliament building, then off to the irish bar for a beer. We then took a slow walk around the market and bought our Beaver Tails, delicious pastries formed like a beaver's tail, covered in sugar and cinnamon, or anything you liked really; peanut butter, chocolate, apples, smarties etc yummy. We bought a bottle of wine and headed back to the jail for a drink and to book our accommodation in Jasper. Bryan called his friend Steve on something called Facetime via the internet and took him on a tour of the jail. Had a nice meal in the Lone Star Texas Grill, we had Fajita, very nice it was too. Headed back to our cell, and had a good nights sleep, the antibiotics and pain killers really worked a treat for Bryan. Early start, as we have to catch the train at 8:25am from Ottawa to Toronto, a 4 hour journey. City Jail Hostel Room rating: 8/10 (for the experience not for usual criteria!) Location: 10/10 Staff: 8/10 Value for Money:9/10 - breakfast offer would have been nice Other comments: warm, clean and a real giggle Stay again? yes if in Ottawa overall city experience: 5 City christmas decorations: 1 - did we see any?