OTTAWA

CANADA´S CAPITAL :D
We went for four days and I couldn´t ask for a better weekend!

We left on Friday morning and after 6 hours driving we arrived there. Ottawa is a huge city in the province of Ontario, but it is right in the border with the province of Quebec, divided by the Ottawa river. In my opinion, Quebec is completely different, it is much more like an European area, and they speak French with a really funny accent haha. We stayed in a hotel in Quebec (the province, not the city) so that I had a chance to speak French, at least to try to speak it ;P

I went with my friend Natalia, from Vigo, that is staying in Orillia, and her host family, they are all really nice with me and I alway have a great time everytime I´m with them. Her hostmum, Heather, told us her cousin lived in Ottawa so we also had the chance to meet her and her family.

Ready for 6 hours driving!!

Entrance to the province of Quebec

Parliament building

On Saturday we got ready to go to the city and we first went to the Market. It is outdoors and it remined me like the ones in Spain, there were plants, fruit, Canadian food, clothes, jewellery... and a lot of people. I loved it!! After that, we had a walk around the Parliament and we saw a guard change at the World War I monument, like the ones at Buckingham Palace when they played a bagpipe and they walked really straight, it was really cool!! At around 3pm, we got tickets to go to a touristic bus that went into the water, no kidding xdxd. We went arund Ottawa and we went boating around the river, where we saw really cool views. 

Ole ole ole !!

I couldn´t leave Canada without trying a Beaver Tail :P

Dejando claro de donde venimos

Ottawa Canal

Heather is as photogenic as us ;)

Mar + Heather + Natalia + Earl ... shortest to tallest

World War I monument

Guard change

Feeling like a Canadian bear

 Bus? Boat?

The bus into the river, I was not kidding

The selfie stick is more useful than you think haha

We also visited the famous spider at the National Art Gallery

We had so much fun that day!! At night, we went to Heathers cousins, Sharon and Len, to have dinner there. We had a great time and they were really nice with us. We talked about so maaaany things. Besides that, we also saw a racoon hahaha.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators

RACOON !!!

Selfie with the racoon haha

Sunday was as fun as the day before. We had breakfast with Heathers family again and we drove towards the Parliament House. We got tickes to visit it inside but before that Natalia and I went shopping at the downtown mall. The Parliament was absolutely great, we saw and learnt so many things. Furthermore, it was really interesting (idk if this is the right word tho) because of the assault that took place last October when a man went to the World War I monument (where we had been the day before) and shot one of the guards and killed him, after that the man ran towards the Parliament and went to the same tour we were doing that day. 

Terry Fox

Girls day

Loved the library in the Parliament

Once we were done with the Parliament, we went out for dinner with Sharon and Len when we had to say goodbye to them. We were not ready to leave on Monday ...

We left at noon and it took us just 4 hours to get home. I arrived home and I was exhausted ......... too much fun and things to do just for a weekend haha.

I really liked Ottawa and I had so much fun with Natalia, Heather and Earl, thanks for inviting me :) 

This is almost done, less than two weeks left and I can´t believe yet, so many things to do in only 10 days ... 

"She turned her cant´s into cans, her dreams into plans"