Ottawa

Everything is about running… and when I say running I mean getting from A to B, then to C and back to A, only to run to B again. It all started in Toronto when we had to get to Embassies and Offices to apply for our driver’s licences and get our car insured. In this case A was always the Condo on the Harbour, B was Service Ontario where we went with our documents, just to discover that some paper was missing, then to C to get the Emission test for our car and back to B to finally get our licence plates. Final stop and centre of operation was always the Condo as it would be our car on the Roadtrip. And all that just to save the money for the Subway! I guess we spend more time running than driving.

On September 20 we started our Roadtrip from Collingwood, Ontario, heading to the East. On the first day we drove 500km to Ottawa. When the city was first made to the Capital of Canada, it was small and unattractive. But over the years the city grew and with financial sponsoring the government helped it to beauty.

So this is the view from the Ontario side of the river to Gatineau which belongs to the Province of Quebec.

On Parliament Hill one governmental building is next to the other, here is the Parliament itself:

It is worth to walk over the bridge to Gatineau to get the view of Ottawa from the other side of the river

 

Unfortunately it rained a lot when we visited Ottawa so we didn’t stay long, but drove on to Montreal.