The weather is still lovely in Ottawa and most of us try to spend as much time outside as we can—it’s about time we get a tan!
Last weekend, Feng and I took a long walk on Parliament Hill and along the Ottawa River. The Parliament grounds were crowded—the nice weather and the Tulips Festival brought a lot of tourists, mostly from China, India, the U.S. and other Canadian cities.
Funny enough, when we reached the gates of the Parliament, Feng and I realized that we had never taken a “traditional” shot of us in front of the Centre Block. Pretty ironic considering the number of times we’ve been there! So we asked one of the tourists to take us, a good ten years after settling in Ottawa.
From the Parliament, we took the stairs down to the Ottawa River and walked towards Victoria Island, close to Portage Bridge. The view over Gatineau and all the interprovincial bridges was lovely and the path was mercifully quiet—not too many tourists realize there is a path all along the river.
I wish we would have spring here too! I have not gotten my shorts out of storage yet all I need are my rainboots for the moment 🙁
Oh, that sucks 🙁 Hopefully the weather gets better, Paris isn’t nice when the weather is grey.
Nice weather and beautiful shots.
Thank you (for the shot praise, for the weather praise see above :lol:)
Love that reflection shot! Very nice! How observant and creative of you to have seen that! 😉
The parliament building is so beautiful. Looks like a fairytale castle to me somehow.
And the frequent mention of Ontario and Quebec side by side gives me a feeling like they are both different countries! Haha!
Provinces are very different in Canada, a bit like countries within a country! It was strange for me at first too because France is geographically smaller.
Fine shot of the handsome couple.
Aaww… thank you 🙂
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