Ottawa

We had a lovely weekend in Ottawa in April.We wonderered where all the snow had gone since the last time we visited for the Winterlude festival, and saw the city in a whole new way. After a near historic record year for snow it disappeared remarkably quickly. What a superb weekend we had weather wise too with temperatures in the mid 20's!

We stayed with a Canadian family whom we didn’t know but welcomed us into their lovely home. They have also done an exchange in Australia and now billet homeless Australians when they visit Ottawa. So kind! We spent Saturday doing a little essential shopping (ie Ella’s birthday presents) and eating (Moroccan for lunch, Thai for tea) and just revelling in the hustle and bustle of the beautiful city of Ottawa. Sunday we had breakfast Canadian style (ie real maple syrup, bacon and bananas) with our hosts and then headed off for the Museum of Civilization.

This was basically an all day event as there was so much to see and do there. It had a great kids section of international travel where the kids and myself spent most of our time. Ivan snuck off to get a bit of an insight into Canadian aboriginal history and culture.