Planned our day a little more so and set off to see Parc Jean-Drapeau on the island Ile Sainte-Helene. We used the metro for our means of transportation, which seems to be fairly easy to use. Once at the park, there wasn't much to see nor do, so we took a stroll and came across the river Fleuve Saint-Laurent, which had an amazingly fast current! We were able to see Montreal city from across the river, which was nice to get a different perspective. Once back in ...

Tried to get our bearings today by walking around town and to get a feel of the place. Our hostel location is fantastic - walking distance from the shops, bars and transportation. Montreal has a European feel, with beautiful buildings. Its a busy and lively city! We stumbled across a beautiful church "Basilique Cathedrale" translated into Cathedral Basilica, which is a scaled down replica of St.Peter's Basilica in Rome. Inside was beautiful, with a lar...

Took two hours to travel to Montreal form Ottawa today and felt like such a short journey in comparison with our previous journeys. Definately was time to leave Ottawa. I don't think any more than a few days were needed though! I'm a little apprehensive about going to the state of Quebec, as it's French-Canadian, meaning that my French from 11years ago is going to be needed!!!???!!! HA this should be fun!?! The hostel when we arrived had a good atmosphere and ...

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...