Rideau Canal, Ottawa
Day 100 September 17, 2014
Montreal, Quebec to Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
When we saw the awful rush hour traffic heading into Montreal in the morning, we made the last-minute decision to not go back into the city. Instead, we pointed the Space Shuttle west, and drove to Ottawa.
We hadn’t heard much of anything about Ottawa, but we figured since it is the capital of all of Canada, we were obligated to stop there. Passing it by would be like driving by Washington DC and not stopping.
Ottawa turned out to be a fantastic city! The only disappointment was finding out that the Royal Canadian Mint had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with Junior Mints! WTF? Completely misleading.
Ottawa
The cool and hip US Embassy building
The US Embassy building
Locks on the Rideau Canal. Downtown Ottawa
Rideau Canal
The back of a fancy hotel. Looks almost like Parliament!
The Canadian Parliament buildings were pretty cool, as was the fact that we walked right into a political rally on the front steps. The Ukrainian President was speaking at the rally, and from what we could figure out, he was asking the Canadians for weapons and money. So, what’s new? Same old political bull shit so matter where you go!
Parliament!
Political rally in front of Parliament
The flag of Ukraine
Parliament
Parliament
Strolling by Parliament
Parliament. This old stuff is quite pretty!
Due to the political rally on the front steps, the Parliament building was closed for tours. That’d have to wait until the next day.
At the recommendation of a local Ottawanonian, we completed our day with dinner at The Black-Thorn Cafe. Delicious beers and food!
Libations @ The Black-Thorn Cafe
The Black-Thorn Cafe
It had started raining, so after dinner we took just a short stroll around the neighborhood, and then drove off to find a campground for the night.
Airstream Moho-A-Go-Go 