Ottawa
I had to spend a night in a jail in Ottawa - the hostel is in the old county jail and is said to be the most haunted building in the country. They use the cells as the bedrooms, it's pretty cool
Ottawa is Canada's national capital and home to the world's longest skating rink, the Rideau canal which I skated all the way along this weekend. I suppose it can only really make that claim in the Winter other times its just a canal. We left in the wee hours of Saturday morning, about 4am and arrived at about half past 10 and after checking in at the hostel, went straight for the ice.
I only went along it fully one way - stopped halfway on the way back so that I could walk with a group through the city a little. Was on it for about 4 and a half hours in a tshirt for most of the time, anything above zero now feels warm!
While everyone else went to a club at night I went round taking a few pictures.
These are all parliamentary buildings but the actual Houses of Parliament is the one with the knock off of Big Ben
On the way back to the hostel I went through where they hold the ice sculpture competition, they weren't finished but still looked really nice. Some had started melting quite badly when I went back in the afternoon.
Went back to the Houses of Parliament for a free tour on Sunday
The House of Commons, they have a second house but its not of lords, it's an unelected senate; The East Block of the parliament in the foreground and the Chataeu Laurier (a hotel) in the background
Ottawa Photo Album
Ottawa is Canada's national capital and home to the world's longest skating rink, the Rideau canal which I skated all the way along this weekend. I suppose it can only really make that claim in the Winter other times its just a canal. We left in the wee hours of Saturday morning, about 4am and arrived at about half past 10 and after checking in at the hostel, went straight for the ice.
I only went along it fully one way - stopped halfway on the way back so that I could walk with a group through the city a little. Was on it for about 4 and a half hours in a tshirt for most of the time, anything above zero now feels warm!
While everyone else went to a club at night I went round taking a few pictures.
These are all parliamentary buildings but the actual Houses of Parliament is the one with the knock off of Big Ben
On the way back to the hostel I went through where they hold the ice sculpture competition, they weren't finished but still looked really nice. Some had started melting quite badly when I went back in the afternoon.
Went back to the Houses of Parliament for a free tour on Sunday
The House of Commons, they have a second house but its not of lords, it's an unelected senate; The East Block of the parliament in the foreground and the Chataeu Laurier (a hotel) in the background
Ottawa Photo Album
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