Ottawa: Canada's Capital

This is a picture of the Centre Block of the Parliment Buildings in Ottawa. I took this in August 2006 when my family and another family visited there for a long weekend.

We rented a room at a hotel within walking distance of Parliment. Between walking and using a tourist bus (we bought all day passes), we were able to visit all the sites that we wanted to visit. There is also good public transit. It was nice not to have to drive in an unfamiliar city.

Ottawa is a great place to visit. There is so much to see. Because it is the capital of Canada, there are all the government buildings. Also many of the best museums in Canada are located here. We visited the War Museum, which is fairly new. Ottawa also has many festivals. When we were there the Busker Festival was in full swing.