Just a few weeks ago, it was all ice and snow in Canada’s national cap­i­tal. The weather had been mild by Cana­dian stan­dards but we were still shov­el­ing snow and wear­ing win­ter boots. We attended the Win­ter­lude fes­ti­val and we were skat­ing (or eat­ing beaver tails…) on the Rideau Canal.

We had weeks and weeks of snow and rain and frankly, it was turn­ing a bit depress­ing (not to men­tion wet). This is what Ottawa looked like just two weeks ago:

Go Canada!

Rideau Street, Par­lia­ment Hill And Grey­ish Weather

And sud­denly, it got warm. It sur­prised us all. Oh, noth­ing to get super excited about in most places around the world: it’s between –5ºC and 8ºC. But for us, this means spring weather. And it does smell like spring!

I was born on March 21^st, so I’m a spring girl. But since I’m in Canada, I spend most of my birth­days dressed in win­ter clothes and shov­el­ing snow. I just hope this warm weather is here to stay but I wouldn’t hold my breathe…

A Sunny Day On Par­lia­ment Hill

The Ice is Melt­ing on The Canal	The Ottawa River
The U.S. Embassy	Notre-Dame Church
The Yatch Club in Gatineau	Alexan­dra Bridge
By The River	Bol­lard and Rope
Alexan­dra Bridge	Iron and Screws

Alexan­dra Bridge and Ottawa

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1. Win­ter Melt­ing Away
2. Prince of Wales Bridge
3. Rapides-des-Joachims, Québec
4. Smells Like Spring…
5. And… Win­ter Is Here