There is me again :)
I honestly didn't expect I will write this soon ,but small trip to Ottawa happened so I had to share my thoughts :)
Everything was enjoyable ,because hubby planned it well :) We left around 8am from home , and arrived in Ottawa around 9;30 am, we had a bit of problem to find parking place but it was okey . To be honest I really do like Ottawa ,because it wasn't overcrowded , and it's clean and nice ,and what I like the most about Canada globally is the safety ,I felt safe on the street ,and that is luxury you cannot afford in Europe to be honest. I like buildings in Ottawa ,parks ,and a lot of green places ,lot of trees . It gives a vibe of a calm relaxing city. We mainly went there to visit buildings of Parlament and Senate. And I really do love both.
They are amazing ,we done so much walking ,and we also wanted to go to Serbian church in Ottawa but of course it was closed. That is what I still cannot understand about our churches here ,I cannot figure out the opening hours.
So I end up just seeing church from the outside and take the picture in front of it .
After that we continued our journey to the center of the city *.*
It looks so nice ,I don't know if because we arrived so early or because Ottawa is generaly less populated. Before our first scheduled visit to parlament building ,we walked around a bit ,it was so nice and calming ,lot of nice buildings ,for just a tiny moment I felt like I'm in France...and honestly I don't know why most of the cities reminds me of Paris, maybe because I never will be stop being fascinated by it *.* <3 And when I think about it, the first thing that reminded me was also canal .Because Ottawa also have those canal boats tours ,like Paris have Canal Saint-Martin which leads to the Seine river. Too bad this one here didn't work because it's still cold and there is tons of snow T.T Anyways ...we walked around more and took few pictures , there are so many nice places to sit outside ,like plateau with benches and views around ..just it was too windy to sit outside honestly ,or I just didn't get used to Canada's winter yet XD
So after a bit of freezing outside on windy but sunny day , we finally headed to Parliament du Canada building.... damn that was not a building ,too me it looks like the most beautiful castle I ever seen, it's so fascinating and huge. *.* Like on the outside ,on the stones you can see how old the building is but yet so well taken care of, and also at the moment they are doing the renovations so it will be even more beautiful in the future. So before entering the building ,you are passing trough detailed security check (think of the security checks on airports, it's same) and then you wait for your tour guide at the scheduled time . All the time you are obligated to follow the tour guide and stay in the group, you cannot wander around parliament alone ! Whole time ,tour guide is talking about age of the building ,the main people in parliament and bunch of interesting stuff. So if you ask me ,it's worth of the visit ,and it's free :) Just always make sure to reserve your ticket online day or two before your visit :)
The other building on our list was to visit Senat du Canada , but as they said ,they had to make it to temporary building ,which was ,believe it or not ,a big old central train station of Ottawa. I couldn't believe what I heard untilil I saw the inside ,it really looks like train station. Just they redone it so well ,that it looks so nice . And Senate won't be there for long ,but just until the renovations are done of the original building. Really Canada you don't stop to amaze me *.*
To visit Senate ,you also have to go trough security check ,and they won't allow you to bring certain things inside, for example ,they took our selfie stick ,but just during visit, on the exit ,you can get it back . You again have a tour guide to tell you the important and interesting things about the building and senators. So it's one amazing experience, again I say if you go to Ottawa don't miss to visit this place too :)
After visiting those two amazing places we walk more to the nearby Subway to eat because we were starving ,and after that , we come back to the canal ,took some nice pictures around , found two Ottawa sings to take a picture next to . And globaly lot of walking ,but it was really amazing and unforgettable day :)
I honestly didn't expect I will write this soon ,but small trip to Ottawa happened so I had to share my thoughts :)
Everything was enjoyable ,because hubby planned it well :) We left around 8am from home , and arrived in Ottawa around 9;30 am, we had a bit of problem to find parking place but it was okey . To be honest I really do like Ottawa ,because it wasn't overcrowded , and it's clean and nice ,and what I like the most about Canada globally is the safety ,I felt safe on the street ,and that is luxury you cannot afford in Europe to be honest. I like buildings in Ottawa ,parks ,and a lot of green places ,lot of trees . It gives a vibe of a calm relaxing city. We mainly went there to visit buildings of Parlament and Senate. And I really do love both.
They are amazing ,we done so much walking ,and we also wanted to go to Serbian church in Ottawa but of course it was closed. That is what I still cannot understand about our churches here ,I cannot figure out the opening hours.So I end up just seeing church from the outside and take the picture in front of it .
After that we continued our journey to the center of the city *.*
It looks so nice ,I don't know if because we arrived so early or because Ottawa is generaly less populated. Before our first scheduled visit to parlament building ,we walked around a bit ,it was so nice and calming ,lot of nice buildings ,for just a tiny moment I felt like I'm in France...and honestly I don't know why most of the cities reminds me of Paris, maybe because I never will be stop being fascinated by it *.* <3 And when I think about it, the first thing that reminded me was also canal .Because Ottawa also have those canal boats tours ,like Paris have Canal Saint-Martin which leads to the Seine river. Too bad this one here didn't work because it's still cold and there is tons of snow T.T Anyways ...we walked around more and took few pictures , there are so many nice places to sit outside ,like plateau with benches and views around ..just it was too windy to sit outside honestly ,or I just didn't get used to Canada's winter yet XD
The other building on our list was to visit Senat du Canada , but as they said ,they had to make it to temporary building ,which was ,believe it or not ,a big old central train station of Ottawa. I couldn't believe what I heard untilil I saw the inside ,it really looks like train station. Just they redone it so well ,that it looks so nice . And Senate won't be there for long ,but just until the renovations are done of the original building. Really Canada you don't stop to amaze me *.*
To visit Senate ,you also have to go trough security check ,and they won't allow you to bring certain things inside, for example ,they took our selfie stick ,but just during visit, on the exit ,you can get it back . You again have a tour guide to tell you the important and interesting things about the building and senators. So it's one amazing experience, again I say if you go to Ottawa don't miss to visit this place too :)
After visiting those two amazing places we walk more to the nearby Subway to eat because we were starving ,and after that , we come back to the canal ,took some nice pictures around , found two Ottawa sings to take a picture next to . And globaly lot of walking ,but it was really amazing and unforgettable day :)
forgot to add that we went to Sarbucks too heheheh ;)
okey ,that is all,untill next writing, bye bye :)
No comments:
Post a Comment