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...

Arrived at Ottawa after a five and a half greyhound journey from Toronto. Didn't know what to expect of Ottawa as, even though it's the capital, I hadn't heard much about it, so I guess I was expecting a huge built up city. When we'd arrived at the bus terminal I thought we'd arrived at just another small stop off, so was quite shocked to know it was Ottawa! When we arrived at the hostel the building was pretty amazing and it really stood out from its surroundi...

Visited the shoe museum today. We had a buy one get free entry ticket, which came in handy! We again handed our money over to then be told that one floor was closed! I don't think we've been to a museum yet where it's been fully opened to view! The museum held a few famous stars shoes, including Elvis Presley, Marylin monroe, Madonna and John Lennons'. These were probably the highlight of the museum! The rest of the museum held native Canadian shoes amoung other...