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Photo Gallery – The Best Winterlude Ever – Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa, Canada Travel Guide Photo Gallery – The Best Winterlude Ever Below are more photos of the The Best Winterlude Ever and the local scene around it. Click on the thumbnail image, and a larger image, with information on the shot, will open in a new window. To return to this page, just close the [...]

Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing in Ontario – Ontario, Canada

Artwork by Lily Goldman Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing in Ontario As a cross-country skier I can well appreciate the usefulness of an informative and practical guidebook. Unfortunately when I started to cross-country ski there were very few guidebooks of this nature available. Thanks to Tracey Arial’s softbound book, published by Ulysses Travel Guides, entitled Cross-Country [...]

One of Toronto’s Awesome Bands – Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Artwork by Lily Goldman One of Toronto’s Awesome Bands If you should ever travel to Toronto, or perhaps cities in and around the Queen City or even Montréal, you may want to catch a cool group of musicians who call themselves KITCHENMUSIK. The band has nothing to do with east coast kitchen party music, although [...]

General Info – Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa Travel Guide – General Info View From Laurier Bridge Okay, so Ottawa-Hull is probably not the most action-paced place in the world. Most visitors say things like “It’s pretty”, “It’s clean” or “It’s pretty clean.” It’s biggest distinction, apart from being the capital of Canada, is that it’s home to the world’s longest skating [...]

Ottawa – December 2001 – Ottawa, Canada

Ottawa, Canada – December 2001 Ho. Ho. Ho. But enough about me. I’ve missed a lot of updates, and I apologise. My laziness combined with my tendency to take on too much at once AND having a very ill mother (and that’s true, not a lame “the dog ate my homework” excuse) is a deadly [...]

Ottawa, Canada – September 2001 – Photo Gallery

Photo Gallery Below are more photos from Gatineau Balloon Fests past and present. Click on the thumbnail image, and a larger image, with information on the shot, will open in a new window. To return to this page, just close the pop-up window. 1 2

Ottawa, Canada

Hey Humpty Dumpty! Don’t fall on me! Come Fly the Peaceful Skies Ballooning is a very “iffy” sport. IF the air is cool… IF there’s no fog… IF there are no storms in the vicinity… IF the winds aren’t over 12 knots (20 kph) – then they can fly. If not, they can’t. So many [...]

Toronto, Ontario – September/October 2001

Well, Toronto didn’t quite make the cut for the 2008 Olympics, but Fall is approaching and the events in Toronto are running full tilt. Sept. 1-3 Canadian International Air Show The last days of the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) are highlighted by the majesty of commercial and military aircraft overhead. This events signals the end [...]

Ottawa, Canada – August 2001

Out of winter hibernation, summertime Ottawa keeps exploding with fun and fireworks, for plenty of time yet. Something for Everyone When I first visited Ottawa 30 years ago, it was a gray, cheerless town, fit only for politicians, diplomats and faceless bureaucrats. In short, it was every bit as dull as its reputation. Stimulated by [...]

If You’ve Made the Trip to Ontario, You’ve Got to See the Niagara Region

The Niagara area, approximately two hours away from Metro Toronto, is one of the best places to visit for value, as well as diversity, in a vacation. Within a half hour’s drive are the splendour of the falls, the beauty of the Niagara escarpment, the stately town of historic Niagara-on-the-Lake and American attractions are just [...]