Blogs from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 29

Ottawa has thrown me for a loop - the snow is nearly all gone replaced by torrential rains, resembling those of Vancouver Island. I was prepared to battle snow and cold for the next two months before leaving for Kigali, but must admit the rain makes me feel like home, which lessens the amount of time I will spend shleping through the snow before basking in the tropical temperatures of Kigali!... read more

A very Happy New Year to everyone!!!! ps: a blog will soon follow detailing some dodge skiing over the christmas period.......... read more

First let me say that I am beginning early in fact, 1 month prior to our planned departure. I am doing this in order to completely familiarize myself with the procedure for recording our journeys. I have employed the plural as it is my intention to use the Blog on an ongoing basis, first to record our trip to the Sunny South, this time only as far south as Florida, and following that we will also record our trip to Germany and Holland. This trip has a departure date of April of 2008. Beyond that I am not prepared to speculate at lest of facebook. I do hope that all who read about our travels will enjoy and please feel free to comment. The very fist leg of our journey will be from our ... read more

Well hi there, Last week mainly consisted of getting to know Ottawa, Colm's sister coming up from Toronto to see us, Colm falling in love with a bear and finally some lumber jacking in quebec. With the weather still keeping well above normal temperatures Colm and I took a few trips into the city to scope out the local talen.......eh local scenery. With Ottawa being the capital city of Canada, the inner city looks the part with a good combination of shops, restaurants and beautiful pedestrian areas. I took a few more pictures of the parliament buildings as they define Ottawa's scenery no matter where you are in the city. I also took a picture of Colm falling head over heels with a bear....Meagan i'm so sorry but the bear was kind of pretty and brought ... read more

From Winnipeg we flew to Toronto and then up to Ottawa. Arriving at 21:30, just in time for a trip to the pub. We went to a bar just round the corner from the hotel and enjoyed a couple of pints before retiring for a good night's sleep. The next day I slept in and was up and off out at 11am. Being right in the centre of Ottawa meant not to far too walk to get to the main sights. I walked a couple of blocks and just happened to pass a Starbucks - I tell ya, I can sniff them out!!! I grabbed a morning latte and kept on strolling. This was my first visit to Ottawa and I was looking forward to exploring. Ottawa sits at the junction of three rivers - the ... read more