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North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa August 8th 2012

Without a doubt our nations capital is opulent. The Ottawa Valley is very pretty with the Ottawa River and Rideau Rivers. We parked the fifth wheel and bought day passes for the bus, which was a very good way to travel and see the city. We started with standing in line for tickets to tour the parliment building and the historic parliment building, then watched the changing of the guard at 10 am with all its pomp and padgetry and the band was very enjoyable. After that the 2 tours. We had excellent tour guides and learned alot of facts we did not know including the soon to be addition of nunivit to our provinces. Our first Prime Minister Sir John A Macdonald had an incredible foresite in brining Canada together and did you know New ... read more

Niagara Falls and Wine Country

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa August 2nd 2012

Niagara

Townsend Travels

Well a little back dating is in order here. First we spent a great weekend visiting Eldon and Ann and it was really nice to be able to spend some time with them, even got to see my cousin Sandy whom I have not seen in about 25 years. Then Monday morning we left the London region for Niagara Falls, the falls are everything I expected, an amazing amount of water comes from Lake Erie down the Niagara River over the falls and into Lake Ontario. At night Niagara Falls (the city) is lit up like a mini Los Vegas. Monday night we spent at the campground there so had a nice evening stroll along the falls. Tuesday morning we left for St. Catharine wine country and stopped at a couple of places for sampling and ... read more

jour 1

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa May 20th 2012

depart

Rolling Floods

On aurait aimé partir plus tôt mais on avait tellement de choses à terminer! Faire le ménage, arroser les plantes, et rentrer les bagages de dernière minute dans le RV... Dès le début, nous avons dût faire des détours! Il y avait une course à Chelsea! Finalement, on a retrouvé notre chemin et tout le monde est occupé. On s’est arrêté à Renfrew pour des informations. Il faisait vraiment chaud dehors. Une chance que les fenêtres du RV étaient ouvertes car on serait mort de chaleur! On s’est assis à l’ombre pour discuter. Ce fut reposant. Maman était un peu moins stressée. Nous sommes maintenant rendus dans le parc Algonquin en Ontario dans le terrain de camping de Mew Lake. En arrivant, nous sommes allés nous baigner dans le lac. Maman et daddy sont allés à ... read more

Brianne's Great Big Indian Adventure

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa May 5th 2012

bbbrie

I cannot wait to leave on my trip. I woke up this morning extremely hung over and I am not looking forward to trying to keep the second dose of dukoral down until my flight at 10 a.m. Thanks to my mom, dad, and everyone else who helped me prepare for the internship in India this summer- I am going to miss you guys. I fly out from Ottawa to Toronto at 10 am and then from Toronto to Delhi at 2:45p.m. See you in India, Brianne... read more

Friday 4/5/12 travelling to Ottowa

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa May 4th 2012

St Lawrence River

Jillbee

Another travelling day today from Toronto to Ottawa. Lake Ontario finished and instead of travelling the whole way via highways we went along a road that followed the St Lawerene River. This is the river that has over 1000 tiny islands in it (and is the area that the famous Thousand Island Dressing originated). Beautiful and many of the islands had houses (or holiday homes) on them and were stunning. Would love to see it in winter as apparently the river freezes. Anyway Ottawa is a very pretty city...beautiful in fact. Yep, could live here...lol (except winter would kill me I think). A tulip festival started today and each city park is beaming with hundreds of tulips - some in full bloom and others about to come out in the next week. Beautiful. Had a walk ... read more

Ottawa en North Hatley -vanaf 10 januari-

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa March 3rd 2012

Parliament Hill

Canaduo

Vanuit McDonalds Corners vertrokken we naar Ottawa. We hebben nog steeds contact met onze vorige WWOOF hosts en Ross heeft inmiddels weer een provinciale prijs in de wacht gesleept voor zijn werk als energie consultant. Ottawa is de hoofdstad van Canada en hier is ook de zetel van het parlement. Hier werd al een hoop Frans gesproken, omdat Canada volgens de wet tweetalig is en je bij de overheid dus altijd Frans óf Engels mag spreken. Ottawa ligt zoals veel grote steden in Canada bij een samenloop van rivieren en langs één van de oevers was Parliament Hill. Hier stonden de klassiek gebouwde overheidsgebouwen. Op sommige plekken waren nog muren met kanonnen te zien. Je had hier een ontzettend mooi uitzicht over de grotendeels bevroren rivieren. Daar zag je mensen ijsvissen en op een bijzondere plek ... read more

Ready to Go!

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa February 10th 2012

Campervan

paulineanddicknz

Welcome to our Travel Blog - we hope you enjoy our trip along with us. Two sleeps and we are off - Ottawa to Chicago to San Francisco on Sunday - and Monday evening to Auckland - arriving on Feb 15th; with a day to sight see in San Francisco. We will miss Valentine's Day entirely due to crossing the International Date Line - did Dick have anything to do with this timing? After 2 - 3 days in Auckland to get acclimatized, buy stuff including bicycles, pick up our campervan we are off - with our first planned stop in Napier to take in an Art Deco summer festival. Our general intended destinations are the national parks throughout the country. We plan to cycle, hike, kayak, sight see, swim with dolpins, explore the Maori culture, ... read more

Daily Commute

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa January 6th 2012

AllenBib

A little snow on the roads today but not to bad. About 20 minutes from hme to work. Arrived safely.... read more

Ottawa to Toronto

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa November 9th 2011

Ottawa, On

Jeepa and Weedie

Hi all! Going to shorten up the blog a little by just entering photos with comments. I think the photos are probably the best part anyway. This way, hopefully I can update more often. Hank and I are really excited to be so close to home. Hoping we get a chance to see everyone soon! Hugs, Weedie and Jeepa xoxo... read more

Keiner da?

North America » Canada » Ontario » Ottawa October 31st 2011

Hoffentlich kommt Frau Conny bald nach!

yvonneinkanada

Ottawa 31.10.-11.11.11... read more

Papierkram fuer Montreal Blues & Jason klarmachen.

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