Obama visits Ottawa; Canada says "Maybe we can"

Barack Obama is on foreign soil today for the first time since becoming President. He's here, in Ottawa, for his first face-to-face meeting as president with a foreign leader, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

I've been busy all morning writing about it for our online sites and Twittering away at #obamawa.

Here's some of my favourite Tweets:

There are, police estimate, about 3,500 on Parliament Hill's front lawn (Obama and Harper are meeting in Parliament's Centre Block) @canadapolitics writes: Best sign in the crowd – and so typically Canadian: “Maybe we can.”

TanveerNaseer writes: “Seriously people, watching cars whizzing by you is not a “historic moment”; participating in something like '95 MTL rally is.”

mbpowell writes: “Spotted leaving the hill: John C. Turmel, presumably off to lose N election.”

And here is the lunch menu, which I Tweeted earlier today, 140 characters at a time:

Lunch Menu

Pacific Coast Tuna with a Chilli and Citrus Vinaigrette

Maple and Miso Cured Nunavut Arctic Char

Lightly Pickled Vegetables and an Organic Beet Relish

Applewood Smoked Plains Bison

Winter Root Vegetables and Local Mushrooms

Cauliflower and Rosemary Puree

Juniper and Niagara Red Wine Jus

Saugeen Yogurt Pot de Crème with a Lemon and Lavender Syrup

Wild Blueberry and Partridgeberry Compote

Acadian Buckwheat Honey and Sumac Tuile