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Ottawa Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ottawa, Canada
Holy Parliament
This is a top pick! Ottawa - Canada's capital city is built on the river. My friend Sharon, who I met in Laos and then again in Vietnam last year, came by Guelph, picked me up at Dad's and off we went on an eight hour odyssey....way off the route because we were talking ...
Side trip to Ottawa
This is a top pick! I had to drive to the Ottawa Airport and back (twice) to pick up my daughters and Louise who had flown down to see Nick's Royal Military College reunion weekend activities. Here are a few pictures I took on the road to ...
Sad News and Exciting times
This is a top pick! ... of the night. I'm not sure if you know who I am talking about so let me explain a little. The Stuemers are a local Ottawa family that took their three young sons out of school and sailed around the world for four years ( http://www.northernmagic.com/ ). ...
Ottawa - Departure
This is a top pick! My bags are packed and I am off!! After several months of planning and eager anticipation, the biggest single trip I have ever undertaken is finally here. Maybe it is the wonderful thought of the $1 beer in Prague or nervous anticipation about the ...
Back Home
This is a top pick! My plane ride was generally very good except I placed my expensive, ear plugs (that prevent popping of ears) on the food tray that was taken away and placed into the plane's galley black hole. Oh well, that was the worst thing to happen in my whole ...
ADAM TURNS 22!
This is a top pick! ... kind-of-see-through shirt. The "Johnny and Adam" duo had a real knack for getting picked up by girls. In French-speaking Canada, also, women seemed to stop a lot more for us. So, Johnny and Adam were hanging out with girls in see-through ...
Going Back Home
This is a top pick! Pain, joy, frustration, grief, pride, fear, happiness, emptiness, hope.........these are only a few of the emotions that have enveloped us over the past eight weeks. Pain and frustration, but also hope. I very calmly and confidently walked into the ...
Happy Canada Day!
This is a top pick! ... else in the world), but this year we were fortunate enough to be able to mingle with the crowds during Canada's 139th birthday celebrations. The National Capital Commission arranges a very diverse program of activities to suit all tastes, and there are ...
Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer
This is a top pick! ... hours working in various friends gardens were easily made....and even more easily broken when we arrived back in Ottawa to constant sweltering temperatures in the mid-thirties throughout July. Herbfest 2005 had been highlighted on our calendar for ...
One Day at a Time
This is a top pick! ... with a few other Travelpodders and the TP team in their new offices in the heart of the Byward Market here in Ottawa to brainstorm about blogging. There was some discussion about whether TravelPod should be used exclusively for relating travel tales, or ...
The Numbers Game
This is a top pick! It's been quite a while since we posted a health bulletin at the palace gates, so maybe it's time for a quick update. Better buckle up cos it's been a bumpy ride! Not being in the habit of buying lottery tickets, we can't speak from experience ...
CONTENTS PAGE
This is a top pick! CONTENTS PAGE Welcome to our travelogue. It is getting a bit big now so this page will hopefully serve to show you around before you dive in. Also, this little video will give you a teaser of what you can expect inside. ...
Hasta Luego
This is a top pick! Much as we'd love to be heading south in DC3, we realize that "travel" in this manner will have to be put on hold for quite some time. Our major travels for the immediate future will consist mainly of turning corners in the hospital corridors, and ...
Photos in Ottawa, Feb 15, 2008
This is a top pick! ... Canada. (For those not in the know - Air Canada is solely responsible for all divisive elements in Canada including idealogical differences, language issues, political scandals and rotten relations with German businessmen in Denmark or something like ...
Wild in Whistler, Blisters in Banff
This is a top pick! Travel Tip 143: Before attempting to complete a 14 hour bus trip from Vancouver to Bannf, ensure you complete a 2 year advance course in YOGA - you will then be able to manipulate yourself into a postion to ensure some sleep is achieved!! Afternoon ...
42 hours of Choo Choo
This is a top pick! Hi All Just wanted to thank you all for your emails - really great to talk to you all and find that you are well. Sorry if I have not written back but time and internet time is expensive and with some of you putting pressure on me for more travel ...
Canada is a fleck in the plane's rear-view mirror
This is a top pick! ... pod map wasn't giving us enough credit on where we've travelled ;) Our pins were all stuck in Asia, not showing our trek from Canada... it's not our fault we didn't read up about this site until after we left. OK, enough of the rant session. That problem ...
Reflections
This is a top pick! It's been a week since I've arrived home after my experience in Romania and it seems surreal that I was even there. Even though I've come home to a situation that for me is less than ideal - my living arrangements and my lack of a full time job - I have ...
We're Home....But Not for Long!
This is a top pick! ... that we would in all likelihood purchase a modest cabin in the woods: somewhere far from the hustle and bustle of Ottawa city streets; somewhere quiet where we might vividly recall the highlights of our three year journey; somewhere where we might even ...
The beginning of our trip
This is a top pick! ... Carpet Room private members life membership. We plan on taking full advantage of it and except for Santiago, which has neither Air Canada or United Lounges - we are fortunate as the rooms are in close proximity. But, I am getting ahead of myself already. ...
Nothing is Written in Stone
This is a top pick! ... health concerns. It is also clearly auspicious that Gerry has become the patient of the Head of Haematology at Ottawa's General Hospital, especially since Gerry rather mysteriously dropped through the cracks in the system after his previous CLL ...
First Class? Je ne dirais pas non!
This is a top pick! ... will allow them to understand how lucky they are to live in a peaceful and amazing country like Canada. We hope they learn to appreciate simplicity and humility. Well, we did not refuse the comfort of flying like royalty ...
Ready to Head South Again
This is a top pick! ... of our friends in fine fashion. We owe a debt of gratitude to so many of our friends and family for a wonderful summer back in Canada. For fear of leaving anyone out, we hesitate to list everybody, but you all know who you are - the most wonderful people ...
Homecoming Highs and Difficult Decisions
This is a top pick! ... rain eventually abated and colder temperatures provided the ideal situation for the ice sculpting contest the following weekend. And hey, Ottawa's famous Beaver Tails are scrumptious come rain or shine!! Considering that we have found our small van to ...
Coming back home
This is a top pick! ... in disbelief at all the experiences we've had and all the things we have seen. Every obstacle in the distance seems small after such a trip; Canada seems to us so quiet and easy that we have to hold back from laughing out loud. On the other hand, this was ...
My Healing Journey
This is a top pick! In spite of having a phenomenal will to live, Gerry died on October 23, 2008. Throughout his last year, during which he experienced pneumonia, intense chemotherapy treatments and a bone marrow transplant, neither of us ever gave up on our dream of ...
Our First View of Home
This is a top pick! ... in Lima, but we did manage to make our connection in Toronto with a good 6 minutes to spare. We arrived safely in Ottawa after their latest snow dump (54cm) from an record breaking snow fall winter. What I still can't believe is that out ...
Does the West have a fantasy view of China?
This is a top pick! ... ," says a former Canadian diplomat and specialist on Chinese mafia "Triad" gangs and Communist China's government-directed espionage in Canada. "I think politicians have to take off rose-coloured glasses and realize what China is all about," says Brian ...