The Olympic Torch Relay In Ottawa (2/2)
After shooting the torch relay, I decided to stay downtown and to have a look at the night festivities on Parliament Hill. By the time I got there, I learned from two ladies (pictured below) that they would only start after sunset… I wasn’t going to sit on the cold waiting, like them, for a few hours. I headed to Chapters and grabbed a hot coffee.
By the time I could feel my toes again, the sun had set. I walked to Parliament Hill and realized that most of Ottawa had apparently showed up — it felt just like Canada Day, only 40C colder.
The lights on the Parliament were beautiful, especially with the thick blanket of snow that fell a few days earlier. Snow, however, it not cool when you try to set up a tripod — trust me.
Taking picture 1) at night 2) in the crowd 3) with frozen fingers isn’t easy, but I’m quite happy with the shots I got.
 Waiting For The Show |
 Party Is Here! |
 Funky Coke Bottles |
 Gloves and Canadian Flag |
 Queuing for… Coffee! |
 Warming Up Around The Centennial Flame |
 Cheering |
 Practicing Hockey |
 Parliament Hill |
 Good Vantage Point…? |
 Drumming |
 Graffiti Wall |
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Canada — colourful and cold… Brrrr…
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good god, don’t they have television in canada?
you should be hiberating until spring like the polar bears.
only a canadian would stand on a frozen pile of dirt.
only in canada would you even find a frozen pile of dirt.
ok, enough making fun of canada. i am only joking. it looks beautiful there, zhu. i’m glad you had a good time. i love the photos you took.
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那座Parliament Hill很像奥地利·维也纳的Rathaus？！
Queuing up?
不错，原来加拿大没被美国化…
还蛮英国的。哈哈…
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@shionge — I know
@Bluefish — Chapters is my favorite place during winter months. A vanilla latte and magazines and I can stay for hours!
@Beth — Me innocent immigrant like to stand in cold
@Seraphine — TV? Are you kidding, we need power for that. We don’t have any power during the winter… don’t you know that?
@London Caller — I don’t know this Parliament but I’ll check!
Canadians are indeed very British when it comes to politeness. Definitely not queuing like Chinese, thanks God
Ha ha… We like to cut queue a lot, I know…
Terrible!
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