Well I am currently sitting here in Ottawa...caught the train this morning here. Took 5 hours but we stopped so many places along the way.

Then I discovered that the train station was actually 7kms out of town...and teh bus timetable thingy was impossible to read. There were 2 others who were coming to the same hostel as me so we hopped on the next bus that came and I asked a girl for directions...amazingly the bus stopped right outside the hostel..so we were really lucky!

This hostel is the coolest that I have stayed in so far, it is a converted old jail so you actually sleep in the prosoner cells and its really weird but cool.

Then on Monday (today now) started early. I went to Parliament Hill which has the parliament buildings on it. They are so cool, still old style with the copper roof and all that. At 10am every morning they have the changing of the quard which is a big ceremony thing with army people and that. Cool to watch!

After that I went back to the hostel for a rest, it was really hot here today! Then I set out again. First stop was Major's Hill Park which gives some awesome views of the Ottawa River. Then I walked across the bridge into Quebec which is the French State of Canada. All the signs were in French so it was so confusing! I went into a shopping mall there and all the directories and that were in French so i gave up. I went and got lunch and gave the lady a blank look when she said something in French. haha. It was just a small town so there wasnt much to see, I can just say I have been to Quebec :P

After walking back I headed to the Royal Canadian Mint. Got to see some commemorative coins and that, and you could hold a massive gold bullion...that had its own security guard standing next to it!

Then onto to the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica which is by far the prettiest church I have ever seen, the inside was amazing!!! So much detail, it was incredible!

After that I walked through the Bytowm Markets which are really cool. I got a beavertail which is a Canadian dessert kind of thing. It is long flat deep fried donut thing that you can put different toppings on. I had cinnamon and sugar...they are so good but lots of sugar and they certainly arent healthy!!! haha.

Tonight I went on a tour of the hostel I am staying on. Because it used to be a jail right up unto 1972 they have left the top floor as it orignally was. The cells were so small and apparently it was a terrible prison to be in. They also used to hang people here and we got to see the place where they did it. It was really interesting to learn all the stories...and rumours of the ghosts which was more scary!

Back to Toronto tomorrow!

xox