Green Day In Ottawa

I remem­ber lis­ten­ing to Green Day when I was in junior high, back in the nineties. I had a tape of Dookie and we would try to under­stand the lyrics of Bas­ket­case… I like the late Amer­i­can Idiot album too.

The show was just great. The band had a lot of energy: “This ain’t TV,” front­man Bil­lie Joe Arm­strong shouted. “Get off your fuck­ing asses.”

Happy Birthday, Canada!

This Canada Day is a bit spe­cial to me since I will become a Cana­dian cit­i­zen this Fri­day. So I walked around, from Par­lia­ment Hill to the Byward, from Rideau Street to Kind Edward, tak­ing pic­tures and enjoy­ing a small burst of patri­o­tism. Hope you don’t OD on Cana­dian flags!

Texas Style

Sum­mer is def­i­nitely here: hot and humid weather, checked. Peo­ple on hol­i­days? Checked. Canada Day and a bunch of cool fes­ti­vals com­ing up? Checked. Out­door BBQs? Checked.

North Amer­i­cans love BBQ. Well, the tra­di­tion is best hon­ored in South­ern US, but Cana­di­ans like it too. And every year, the Sparks Street BBQ con­test attracts a lot of peo­ple. Eleven teams from across Canada and the USA “com­pete” for the best ribs and the best chicken pieces. It is a lot of meat — basi­cally, a veg­e­tar­ian nightmare.

National Aboriginal Day

National Abo­rig­i­nal Day is a day for all Cana­di­ans to cel­e­brate the cul­tures and con­tri­bu­tions to Canada of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples

The Locks At Dusk

From May to Octo­ber, tons of tourist flock to Ottawa, includ­ing a lot of Cana­di­ans who want to see what the heck the cap­i­tal looks like. The city is busier than usual as groups gather in front of the Par­lia­ment, around the Byward Mar­ket or nearby the Rideau Center.

In Bloom

Like every year in Ottawa, the Tulips Fes­ti­val put a bit of color in the city.

Boquete, Chiquiri Province

We left Panamá city for David, and now we are in Boquete, about 1 hour 1/2 from David.

Ottawa At Dusk

Between 4:00 pm and 5:00 pm, Ottawa changes. Peo­ple are rush­ing to go back home, either dri­ving either tak­ing the bus, some go out for a quiet drink while office build­ings empty out. A slow tran­si­tion which takes place every night.

Happiness

One of the thing that usu­ally bring me hap­pi­ness is music. As far as I can remem­ber, I have always liked it. I was lucky to have been raised in a fam­ily where Pink Floyd lines were quoted over diner and where music would be played all day.

Magical Clouds

Sun­sets and clouds… the magic of Cana­dian skies!