Ottawa

If someone had told me before I left that I would drive downtown Ottawa and even find a spot to park, I wouldn't have believed it but that's what I did...

Not that it's that hard, I just took the exit with the Info sign on it and followed. I parked less then 10 min from the parlement hill. Yesterday afternoon I visited the parlement hill and the parlement itself. The tour inside was free but sadly enough there was a sesion going on so we couldn't visit the senate or the chamber of commons. But the tour took us to the library, the only part of the building that wasn't destroyed in the fire of 1916. I already fell in love with the building on the outside so it was nice to be able to see the inside as well...

After that it was time to try and find my host for the next two days. I had good directions, but when I asked which street was Moody Drive, they told me it was the wrong one so of course I couldn't find the correct address. I finally managed but ended up at Wandas parents who live next door. Wanda herself wasn't home yet but she let the door open so I could get in and out of the wet weather...

Today I took a late start as Ottawa is pretty small and I already saw the parliment hill, the most important part. So today I walked around a lot, discovering that there was much more then I expected. I crossed the river to Gatineau, the French part. Walked around a bit in the park and then horried back to take the boat tour at 4. That was pretty intresting, good explenations and I've seen things I otherwise wouldn't have seen. I regret it a little bit that I didn't visit more then the parlement hill yesterday so that I could have rented a bike today and do a tour around the canal... I also saw the US ambasy, shaped as a submarine, no idea why but it wasn't all that good idea...