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Day in Ottawa
May. 2nd, 2006 11:24 amTook the lady ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
azrhey off for a day in the capital Sunday. We went around the Byward Market, took a walk in the (park beside the Rideau Canal), checked out the dry locks. We tried going to the Museum of Contemporary Photography, but the exhibits were closed while they were busy installing the upcoming ones, unfortunately.
We then went to the Parliament and took the free visit (nice!). Went up the Peace Tower, which has a pretty neat observation deck, and the lady even managed to get historical bits in Portuguese! We went to the House of Commons, the Senate, the Library, and all that jazz.
They have a ceiling in the Parliament where there is the names of a number of Speakers of the Senate, as well as symbols for most of the provinces. Of course, there being limited space, there isn't the name for every Speaker (in fact, since the building was finished before Newfoundland joined, their symbol is missing from the ceiling and there isn't the space to add it). But they planned ahead! The last name that they put was "Quelqu'un". I thought it was a rather odd name (meaning "somebody" in French), but it was then explained that this cleverly stood for all the Speakers of the Senate that they couldn't fit!
We then walked a bit on Sparks street, stopping for some lunch and a pint, then walked along the Rideau canal. We felt somewhat insideish, so we went to the Rideau Centre, got some coffee, ogled some sweet Apple and Logitech gadgetry and checked out the terrasse (for all my not-quite-yearly hanging out there, I had never been on the terrasse). I had dangling snot, because I'm so damned classy.azrhey bought me a t-shirt, I'll have to post a picture later!
We went back to the Byward Market and hung out a bit at the Pour House, overlooking the place, observing people, bikes and cars that went by.
Picked the car back from the parking lot, and drove around for a while to see some of the farther sights, cross over the Alexandra bridge, see a bit of Gatineau, drove in front of the government buildings on Wellington, down Sussex Drive to see the embassies, Rideau Hall, Rockcliffe Park, etc... Drove around some more before trying to head over to Cafe Colonnades for pizza, which wasn't as successful as I had hoped (I was looking for it on the wrong side of Bank!).
At the Cafe Colonnades, we experienced a bit of ridiculous Ontario prudishness, as the manager lady told us to stop having public displays of affection, asazrhey was simply leaning her head on my shoulder, as she was very tired. She came and told azrhey to her ear, and I couldn't even believe it at first whe she told me.
We went straight home after that, as we were both rather tired.
That was a good day!
azrhey off for a day in the capital Sunday. We went around the Byward Market, took a walk in the (park beside the Rideau Canal), checked out the dry locks. We tried going to the Museum of Contemporary Photography, but the exhibits were closed while they were busy installing the upcoming ones, unfortunately.We then went to the Parliament and took the free visit (nice!). Went up the Peace Tower, which has a pretty neat observation deck, and the lady even managed to get historical bits in Portuguese! We went to the House of Commons, the Senate, the Library, and all that jazz.
They have a ceiling in the Parliament where there is the names of a number of Speakers of the Senate, as well as symbols for most of the provinces. Of course, there being limited space, there isn't the name for every Speaker (in fact, since the building was finished before Newfoundland joined, their symbol is missing from the ceiling and there isn't the space to add it). But they planned ahead! The last name that they put was "Quelqu'un". I thought it was a rather odd name (meaning "somebody" in French), but it was then explained that this cleverly stood for all the Speakers of the Senate that they couldn't fit!
We then walked a bit on Sparks street, stopping for some lunch and a pint, then walked along the Rideau canal. We felt somewhat insideish, so we went to the Rideau Centre, got some coffee, ogled some sweet Apple and Logitech gadgetry and checked out the terrasse (for all my not-quite-yearly hanging out there, I had never been on the terrasse). I had dangling snot, because I'm so damned classy.
azrhey bought me a t-shirt, I'll have to post a picture later!We went back to the Byward Market and hung out a bit at the Pour House, overlooking the place, observing people, bikes and cars that went by.
Picked the car back from the parking lot, and drove around for a while to see some of the farther sights, cross over the Alexandra bridge, see a bit of Gatineau, drove in front of the government buildings on Wellington, down Sussex Drive to see the embassies, Rideau Hall, Rockcliffe Park, etc... Drove around some more before trying to head over to Cafe Colonnades for pizza, which wasn't as successful as I had hoped (I was looking for it on the wrong side of Bank!).
At the Cafe Colonnades, we experienced a bit of ridiculous Ontario prudishness, as the manager lady told us to stop having public displays of affection, as
azrhey was simply leaning her head on my shoulder, as she was very tired. She came and told azrhey to her ear, and I couldn't even believe it at first whe she told me.We went straight home after that, as we were both rather tired.
That was a good day!
