We were joined on our bus by Carlos our guide for the morning. Ottawa is the federal capital of Canada and sits on three rivers. The Ottawa, the Rideau and the Gatineau. There is also the Rideau Canal which when it freezes over in the winter becomes the 'longest skating rink in the world'.
Princess Margriet of the Netherlands was born here during the war and the people of the Netherlands remember this by sending over one million tulip bulbs each year for a spring festival. We toured through Little Italy and Chinatown which became home to 45k Vietnamese refugees. We then headed up Sussex Avenue where there are 120 Official Residences. Photo stop on Parliament Hill which is the heart of the parliementary precinct and then on to a visit to Canadian Museum of History to see the totem poles. Our tour ended at Tucker's Market Place for a wonderful buffet lunch - if only we had been more hungry!
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Marion Frasef
16/11/2015 09:45:55 pm
Fabulous photos. Terrific curling.!
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