Posts Tagged ‘ottawa’

Canada: The Spirit of a Country

Tonight I took in the Light and Sound Show at Parliament Hill. This show, called Canada: The Spirit of a Country, is comprised of a combination of huge images projected on the entire front of the Parliament building, accompanied by colors, music and bilingual narration about the history of Canada (in 5 acts!). It was [...]

ByWard Market

After returning from the preconference yesterday, the afternoon was still too beautiful to head indoors. So I spent the rest of the day exploring the ByWard Market, one of Canada’s oldest and largest public markets. It was designed in 1826 by the builder of Rideau Canal, Lt-Col. John By. It’s more than an open air [...]

Morning of Exploration and Exercise

Since my preconference workshop didn’t start until afternoon, I took advantage of my free morning to explore parts of Ottawa, via exercise, of course! I started the day off with an 11K run along the Rideau Canal. It is directly across the street from the hotel. It was proposed following the War of 1812 to [...]