Obama Mania

Today, the first African American President of the United States, President Barack Obama made his first foreign visit to Canada. I am very lucky my office is right around the corner from the Parliament Building. I was able to get great footage of his motorcade when he left.

Then we all wondered why he was driving in front of the office and turning into the ByWard Market. A group of us at the office decided to go outside and see what was going on. It turns out, he was getting a Beavertail and went into the ByWard Market building afterwards to buy a scarf for his wife and cookies for his girls. How cute is that!




I tried to get video footage of him when he came out of the building. I couldn't see so I held my arm up as high as I could and used my cell phone camera to be my eyes. I was hoping that I could say I saw him by viewing my footage later. Much to my disappointment later, the guy in front of me blocked my cell phone's line of sight and I totally missed seeing him. I was RIGHT THERE!!!! Luckily my boss, David, got a much better view and got some great pictures. I'm still jealous and angry that I didn't get to see him though when so many others did, especially because I was there.

Photo courtesy of my boss, David

Photo courtesy of my boss, David

Photo courtesy of my boss, David

I do feel bad for the people who waiting on Parliament Hill to see him. However, the news told everyone that you probably won't see him from the distance they were kept at and all the security measures at the building doors. Lucky for the people in the market who were able to see him up close and personal. They didn't even clear out the market building. One newspaper of him inside the building showed that there were still regular people inside...crowded, but they were there.

Photo courtesy of Ottawa Sun

Well, at least I could say I was there; a moment in history.