Notre Dame Basilica Ottawa

Up at 6.30 this morning, to be ready for the tour which started from Rene Levesque at 8am. We got there a bit early and had to wait for our tour guide Tao to arrive. There was only a small group of us for this tour, about 25, so we were on a little dodgy bus! It was a 2 hour drive from Montreal to Ottawa. I had 40 winks on the bus. We passed the …

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 …

... of little food stalls/shops and nik naks etc.  Beyond the market and also Parliament Hill is Ottawa's very interesting looking Notre Dame Basilica and a rather strangely positioned object that looks like a giant 'spider'.... Not much else to report ...

... Falls, and then back along the Ottawa riverfront and Sussex Drive, passing the Royal Canadian Mint, the National Gallery and Notre Dame Basilica. We had thought to see the Impressionist exhibition at the Gallery but by the time we got there we were ...