Blogs from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 38

Plan B, it's raining Parliament and museums My legs are all wet. As forecasted by the weather people the rains are here today. But I didn't let that stop me from going out and seeing some of the sights of Ottawa. Good thing for me most attractions in Ottawa are pretty close and are all walkable and the rains really aren't that heavy. First stop in the morning is to the Parliament Buildings and a guided tour. I had to wait about half an hour but that's okay. They had a display on "Your Parliamentarians at Work" and it explained some of the things that happen around Parliament. There was an interesting photo slide show video thing showing all of the Members of Parliament (MP) and Senators from every area. I was looking out for a ... read more

Well, we're almost done packing! We started typing up a list of things to bring weeks ago - the two of us have been very good at packing light in the past, but we knew that with a baby the packing could get out of hand very easily! So far, we've kept to our list and have tried to minimize the baby items we're bringing. In the end, we'll have one big backpack (with our camping gear), one big roller suitcase (with our clothes, toileteries, etc.), two small day packs (with stuff for the plane), a MEC backpack (to carry Nathan in), a car seat and a stroller. Hopefully the two of us can carry all of this gear! The adventure begins...... read more

Hi again, So we are now in Ottawa which is the Capital of Canada, as far as capitals go it is so different to Canberra!!! We feel as though there is a section of the city missing - it is so quiet!!! i think the coast has more life to it than Ottawa. Don't get us wrong its nice and all but there is hardly any people wondering around, and noise its so quiet. A cool thing that ottawa has is this lock system in the canal for all the boats to use to get up and down. This was built way back before Ottawa was the capital and since the top of the canal is about 100m above the level of the river this cool little lock system was developed. We watched for at least ... read more

Ok, so, I freakin love Canada! Although... we were at a market and I needed a bank, so I asked some chalk artist where the bank was... he says in French that he doesn't speak English... so I try (in my bad French) asking where the bank was... while I was walking away he says (in English) "Stupid American" good times... good times.... read more

First 2% of driving is now behind us! We've arrived in the grand metropolis of Sudbury, safe and sound. No incidents (meaning no speeding tickets) to report. Saw our first wildlife just three hours into the trip. Had to slow down on the TransCanada to let a very slow, majestic, confused Moose find his way to the other side. (Not sure what he could find there that he did not have where he started from.) Traffic was very light, at some points it felt like we were the only ones on the road. Guess everyone else was at the cottage. Sightseeing limited to trees, rock, more trees, some open water and swamps! Saw lots of roadside advertising for the Giant Goose of Wawa. Something tells us that they are overselling it! We'll let you know. Plan ... read more