Rideau Canal 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 …

Our day didn't exactly get off to a good start, even if we thought it did as we sat on the bus for the first thirty minutes of the journey heading, we thought, towards Rideau Street in Ottawa. Google Maps said we would get off the bus and walk for just a few metres towards The Auld Dubliner in order to meet another member of the Smith family; Kerri …

Royal Canada Min
Parliament Hill
Canal Rideau …

... other than being the Capital City of Canada, had a wonderful library and we spent quite a lot of hours doing research for the next major stage of our trip (UK and Europe). Time to move on again.. Footnote: The Rideau Canal is UNESCO World Heritage ...

... to DC.  We drove around the Parliament Hill area and business districts and I think we should start tomorrow with a walk along the Rideau Canal.  Its been hot all day and I’ve been waiting for it to drop below 30C to take Harry out for his ...

... 's Parliament buildings on the other side.  These locks were built in the early 19th century and connects the Ottawa River to the Rideau Canal. Right next to them is the Bytown Museum which is the oldest surviving building in Ottawa and ...

... I visited the Bytown Museum for awhile. It was a great museum; all about the area’s history and the building of the Rideau Canal. Then I did some more shopping (can you tell I’m addicted to spending money?), had a late lunch and made my way ...

... a Mountie.  I chose instead to go down the canal and have a look.  The canal is called the Rideau Canal (after the Royal Engineer who organized it's construction) it took 6 years starting in 1826 and runs 202km (125 miles) with 74 dams and 47 ...

... goed kon orienteren.      Van Av Guigues via Notre Dame Cathedrale en het museum van schone kunsten naar het park. Daar had ik zicht op Rideau Canal, Parliament, Fairmont Chateau Laurier, Amerikaanse Ambasade, en zo veel meer. ...

... capital of Canada. The main attractions are Parliament Hill, The Byward Market, The Mint, Museum Of Civilization and Rideau Canal. The Museum of Civilizations had the most amazing collection of Canadian history and artifacts from the first ...

... visit the gift shop and browse through their selection of collector coins. Stroll along the Rideau Canal The Rideau Canal, opened in 1832, connects the Ottawa River to Lake Ontario. Opened as a precautionary means in the case of a war with the United ...

... (otherwise known as ants!) decided to use my legs for dinner, not so smart! This morning I went for a walk along the Rideau Canal then up to the War Memorial to watch for the parade of the ceremonial Canadian Forces guards and then followed ...

... Hill park which also have a traditional style carnival, Commissioner's park which is on the shore of Dow's Lake (where the Rideau Canal ends) and Landsdowne Park where they have an international festival with lots of food and stuff to buy. (No Australia ...