Canada Day 9 - back to Ottawa: Kettleman's Bagels

We slept as well as we could knowing that we would have to get up early the next day to make the long drive back to the Island...but before that, C's friend's husband (whom I shall refer to as "J") took us on another quick tour of Ottawa...

in the neighborhood known as The Glebe and where we would also pick up some breakfast...

Takeout from Vietnamese Kitchen, Ottawa

My goal is to finish my Canada posts before the end of this year, haha!

Well, this was Day 8 of our epic road trip across the Eastern Half of Canada with C and her family.

From Montreal, we headed back west towards Ottawa and arrived there around 9:30 pm.

It was pretty late but we were all starved so we ordered some takeout from a local place...

Giant spiders, dinner, Embassy Row, and T & T

As we left the Parliament Hill area, I snapped a quick glimpse of this...

Egads! A giant spider...

BeaverTails and ice cream

The word "beaver" conjures up many images such as this old photo of Jerry Mathers...

as, "The Beaver"... (that's from an old black and white show called "Leave it to Beaver" for you young 'uns out there)

Now this photo shows the best and words of both words...

Actually, "bieber" does mean beaver in German...

But what most dirty minded guys associate with the word "beaver" (which has now been mentioned four times) is this...

More of Ottawa

After snacking on and off at the ByWard Market, we walked around some of the main streets in Ottawa, the capital city of Canada and the fourth largest city in their nation...

I found the fish on the stone coat of arms interesting. There were several variations found as decorative elements on a building we passed by.

The heat was quite oppressive coupled with high humidity...yet we didn't want to miss out while we were in Canada's capital...

Canada Day 5 - Ottawa, Part 1

We'd arrived in Ottawa in the wee early hours of the morning and were fortunate enough to stay at the lovely home of C's best friend from high school. The next morning we were up and raring to go...

Here we were in Ottawa, the capitol city of Canada, the second largest city in Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the world...

Armed with several tips on where to go, we headed out in search of food and adventure...

Canada Trip - Day 9 Highlights

C's friends were gracious enough to let us stay at their place again before we headed back to the Island. Before we left, the husband took us on yet another quick tour of Ottawa.

One of the original uses of this ornate building was housing farm animals for exhibits (circa mid to late 1850's)...

And because we weren't able to stop at C's favorite bagel place in Montreal, her friend's husband took us to a local place that did it "Montreal style"...

Canada Trip - Day 5 Highlights

After our 8 hour trek from the Island to Ottawa, we spent the night at C's friend's home in the nation's capital. Their neighborhood is about a twenty minute walk away to Parliament Hill...

Of course, we didn't walk that day. The heat and humidity were oppressive.

We headed over to the city's oldest market...