Hotel Indigo Haiku

After the wonderful experience flying Porter Air to Ottawa, our stay at Hotel Indigo on Metcalfe just south of the Parliament Buildings was equally blissful. The hotel has haiku posted everywhere... in English and French... how welcoming and convenient for haikugirl!! A perfect way to combine my passions of travel, blogging (using their free wireless internet) using my French and writing haiku! Here are a couple of mine followed by a collection of theirs:

Hotel Indigo
calm oasis with haiku
not just Ottawa

[A HAIKU FOR YOU]
signs were posted everywhere
enjoy these samples

[on the Room key card]
Your journey begins
First stop is relaxation
then inspiration

[on the Room key cardholder]
A landscape reborn
Flowers delight the senses
Now, enjoy the view

[on the drink coaster]
Beautiful Spring day
Take time to smell the flowers
Your drink can wait here

All of the hotel's haiku followed the 3-line, 17 syllable (5, 7, 5) structure except some of the French haiku were questionable for me. Like the first line of this one on the coaster which seemed to be one syllable short, unless you pronounce belle with two syllables like bell-uh, which you would do when reading a song lyric or poem. (Well, haikugirl, isn't a haiku a poem?)

Si belle journee
Pour sentir un jolie fleur
Le verre attendra

Haikugirl admits
Writing French haiku is tough
Comme c'est difficile!

Porter Air

What a treat to fly Porter Air to Ottawa (YOW). Everything is so simple and smooth - free shuttle bus from the Royal York, ferry to the Island Airport and a relaxing lounge with leather club chairs, free cookies and cappuccino and free wireless Internet access - whoohoo! Brought my laptop and was even able to draft this blog post before boarding.

Porter Air sublime
redefining civilized
Let's book our next flight!