Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites Ottawa-Downtown

... have a lot of pretty ones so I will purchase according to Japanese standards i.e. pink and cartoonish!<br><br>Just a little rundown of what this trip is about: I am traveling with my best friend Stoyan and my ex-turned-good-friend Ben to our first Asian country. Stoyan joined me last year for a few countries in Europe and Ben was with me in Italy last year also. Poor Ben had to deal with me and my bronchitis ...

... cute, however, a few hundred yards down the road we saw mamma apparently hit by a large truck, a heartbreaking sight. In the next town as George was about to execute an illegal traffic maneuver we realized we were in the parking lot of the police station with an officer standing by his car watching us. George quickly made a course correction and we decided to stop and report the bear cub and mother in hopes that there might be a rescue center in the ...

... on outdoor dining with the majority of pubs and restaurants opening out on to big outdoor patios with plenty of seating. There is also a big emphasis on public spaces. it seems that just around every corner is a nice park or a walk along one of the many water systems. <br>Since the tulip festival, there has 4 major things that we have done.<br><br>1. Science and technology museum - Without realising, we managed to arrive at the museum at the same day that every single canadian ...

... with two private tour companies that impressed me the most in quality and services as well as delivering the kind of adventure I am looking for. Going to a foreign country with a language barrier in some parts of the country, I wanted to have my own private guide and savor every moment of my trip without feeling pushed or rushed. <br><br>Only Mi and I will be going on the tours, our son Justin having visited the places a couple ...

... rolled. A charming unpretentious small place located at the edge of the "Old Town". The Old Town is the main attraction of Hanoi (Saigon does not have it) and it is ideal to discover it from a pousses. Enjoy a maze of tight alleys, markets, interesting stores and evidence of street life everywhere. We also went to the Vietnamese Ethnology Museum that had exhibits of the many ethnic groups within Vietnam. In the back garden there was a big open air area showing how the ...

... of blocks surrounding the Parliament Building. However the Parliament itself was a welcome oasis from the traffic and bustle, and we were slightly shocked to find that you were free to approach it on foot, circle it and even walk right up to the doors of the Senate and House secretaries without even sighting a policeman, never mind being scanned and screened and fenced away. The building itself was impressive but perhaps not as impressive as the view ...

... and Colleen) and her husband Bob might be able to join us as well since it has been a couple of years since I saw her. At least we can leave the cats in a secure environment for the evening and not have to worry about them so we can go out and enjoy the sights of Ottawa. We miss everyone from home and yet we both are in a bit of denial that we have moved away...right now it still just feels like going on vacation...with a bit more complication.

... the volunteer who stamped us. "From the blonde with the yellow shirt" She responded. "Gee, thanks" I wanted to say but didn't. There was not another yellow short in sight besides the two rock pile graders. Some people were continuing on west down the path while others had decided to go back east. Half of these people are wrong but we didn't know at that point which half. We concluded that the smart thing to do was to head east as at least that was where everything ...

... order: Parliament Hill (free tours daily in the summer) The National Gallery of Canada (just incredible, message me if you want half price entry) The Canadian Museum of Civilization (very informative if you know nothing about Canadian history) Canadian War Museum (very impressive, but you need a LOT of time to do it justice, go here if you already have a basic handle on Canadian history, so you can skip the CMC and just go straight to the war stuff ...