Went to the war memorial where they were holding the Rememberance Day today. There were huge crouds and aot of soldiers around in their uniforms. As always I found it pretty emotional. We then took a stoll to the War museum, which we both felt fitting for the day. The building was pretty impressive as it had morse code on one side of the building! There was so much to see and it mainly focused on Canada's involvement in the wars. I found World War I, II and the...

Visited the Ottawa School of Arts to see Sophie Jodoin's war exhibition today. Was disheartened to find only one small room exhibiting her work as I was expecting it to be covering atleast two floors, but it was definately worth seeing. This collection was very simple, using black and white media and the subjects being people - men, women, children and also animals - depicting victims of war. The work was so simple and smaller than I expected, yet so emotionally...

Was disturbed twice in the night (even though I am now wearing ear plugs!) This is the down side of staying in dorms! Walked to the Market Place today where we found a small outdoors and indoors market, along with a wide range of pubs and eateries - this area is obviously a lively part of Ottawa during the evening. We also came across arts and craft shops; it was a relatively nice part of town. After grabbing some lunch we strolled over to the war memorial whic...

Extended our stay in Ottawa for an extra five nights as the area seems pretty interesting and the jail hostel is pretty nice! Explored Parliament Hill by taking a guided tour inside, which was much more interesting than I expected! The interior was as amazing as the exterior, with stained glass windows and stone carved ceilings. We took a lift upto the Peace tower, passing the bells which still chime and where we were able to look out onto Ottawa city. It was g...

We ventured into town which took around five minutes to walk to! - our hostel location is pretty great! We ended up walking into a huge mall, then stumbling on Parliament Hill - where we had intended on going one day anyway. Parliament Hill was beautiful and are apparently considered one of the most beautiful government buildings in the world. "The Hill" consists of the Senate, the House of Commons, the Library of Parliament, the Hall of Honour, the Pea...