We made a beeline for downtown, after circling the streets for half an hour we found a parking spot close to the parliament buildings. Grabbed a coffee and green tea at Starbucks and sat down for a bit; all this driving is taking its toll; the bikes haven't been used as much :(. We spent time walking around the nations capitol buildings, saw where the reserve was killed last year; the police presence was very noticeable but one can still walk freely around (not that I had a bomb snuck in my murse but still not like the White House! From thee we drove around the city, found a small island with teepees on it called Victoria Island; we're not sure what is what but some natives doing something!
Went to the Rideau canal, very nice. We then had dinner at a very nice Italian restaurant, food was excellent! A very busy place and we could se why.
I had prearranged to visit Pastor George and Dora Vanpopta, George is an old friend from our pre married days; had a very nice visit with them.
We got back to our camp spot in the dark and the one thing that was very noticeable were the bugs; I was actually worried how many were getting caught in my radiator. That night a very strong wind came off the St Lawrence and woke me a couple times. Ottawa was a bit disappointing as far as whet to see; I guess I can now say we have visited the nations capitol.
it was nice to see English signs now that we've left Quebec :)
yup we were there!
very historic looking buildings
it seems every wants a piece of the action; since the capitol buildings are in Ottawa, the Ottawa city police want their presence shown. Since Ottawa is in Ontario, the OPP want their presence felt. AND since this is a national building the RCMP want the public to know they're here. They were very friendly though
this is the back of the parliament buildings; the library
these guys don't go over the speed limit; still strange to see as we wont in BC
our first glimpse of Lake Erie on our way to our next stop
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