National War Memorial Ottawa

Today is Thanksgiving in Canada. I am thankful that I am here and enjoying this wonderful trip, seeing interesting things every day.

After a shorter drive (only 2.5 hours) this morning, we arrived in Ottawa. Ottawa is the capital of Canada and is a much smaller city than Montreal. It has a definite "Canberra" feel to it. We got there …

Basically, I can't believe how lucky I am... that I can be seeing so much beautiful landscape/wildlife, interesting landmarks, and fellow human beings. That I am living a dream. That I have enough to be right where I am. And everywhere I seem to put myself. And I'm happy, blessed, and juicy!

Each mile finds me inspired... new ideas …

... on the bus at 11.45 and then off to the Chinese Buffet for lunch.  On the way we passed the National War Memorial and Fairmont Chateau Laurier, a luxury hotel, and arguably Canada's most famous.  It has offered sumptuous accommodation to ...

... , APPARENTLY EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH THEM. TWO DEMONSTRATORS WERE ARRESTED THE OTHER DAY AT A DEMONSTRATION AT THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL. APPARENTLY IT WAS A WARM-UP DEMONSTRATION. THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE ARRESTED FOR BEING OVERLY AGGRESSIVE. IT IS ...

... ’s grand hotels. One of the more somber stops was at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Valiants Memorial and National War Memorial.  Each sculpture is a masterpiece.  The tour guides recollection of how the remains of the soldier were ...

... (remember the town Brockville and Queenston Heights?).   The square is also the home of The National War Memorial (also known as The Response). This granite cenotaph was originally built to commemorate WWI ...

... was excited) and some grand old buildings.  We checked in and then ventured out for a quick look.  We saw the National War Memorial and Parliament Hill. We had dinner in the hotel (part of the package) which was nice and easy.  The food ...

... we were pretty drenched.  Met by a bunch of supporters and then we lined up for the ride downtown to the National War Memorial where we had a moment of silence and placed poppies on the tomb of the unknown soldier.  It was still pouring but ...