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Rainbow Cinema Saint Laurent Centre multiplex has five screens for your viewing pleasure. For an even more enjoyable experience, sit back and relax with popcorn and a soda from the refreshment stand. You can also enjoy addition... more
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Located on lively Elgin Street, this funky cappuccino, juice, gelato and dessert bar is as colourful as the gelato it serves. Planned by an industrial designer to resemble a sherbet-colored factory, the bar offers more than two... more
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Built between 1839 and 1885, this neo-Gothic cathedral situated on Sussex Drive on the edge of the Byward Market is the oldest surviving church in Ottawa. Its twin spires and gilded Madonna are easily identifiable from nearby P... more
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The mint has been producing Canadian coinage since 1908. Although coins in circulation are now struck at the mint in Winnipeg, Manitoba, special commemorative coins, tokens and medallions are still struck here. Take the popular... more
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Architect Moshe Safdie, famed for his Habitat apartment block and Musée des Beaux-Arts in Montréal, designed this rose-granite crystal palace that gleams from a promontory overlooking the Ottawa River. A dramatic long gl... more
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Located across from Ottawa City Hall on Sussex Drive, these pretty falls mark the end of the Rideau River's journey from the St. Lawrence River. Although not as spectacular as Hog's Back Falls, the Rideau Falls are still pictur... more
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Interactive displays encourage visitor participation in demonstrations of such physical principles as viscosity. Or climb aboard a steam locomotive, launch a rocket from a mini-control room, observe the heavens in the ev... more
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Ottawa is a stately city that houses the country's business of government and diplomacy. During the August long weekend, however the Sparks Street Mall, a pedestrian-only street, is inhabited with buskers of all stripes, includ... more
Ottawa Travel Experiences
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War Memorial Museum
The War Museum begins with wars with Indians, through the war of 1812, Boar War, WW1, WW2, Korean War, Cold War, to Afganistan and severa... Continue reading »
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Back home!
Jet lag strikes again! Here it is, 5:30 am, and sleeping just seems impossible (after all, that is 5:30 pm Beijing time). So what better... Continue reading »
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Meeting Alice
The train from Kingston to Fallowfeild station, Ottawa took about two hours. The scenery was lovely, I still haven't gotten over the magn... Continue reading »
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Ottawa- the nations capital
Ottawa, the nations capital, is like a high brow theme park that has museums and galleries instead of rides. You may also be wondering... Continue reading »
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Ottawa
We arrived in Manotick (outside Ottawa) around 4 pm, had a coffee stop at Tim Hortons and then to Emerald Links (golf course) where my si... Continue reading »
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