{"id":158,"date":"2015-09-25T19:10:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T23:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=158"},"modified":"2016-07-18T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T21:19:18","slug":"day-12-o-canada-what-a-great-capital-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Day 12 &#8211; O Canada, What A Great Capital You Have"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I spent today wandering around the grand sights along the Ottawa river and I loved it. Unlike most other capital cities, this place is very human and an oasis of calm compared with Washington, London or Paris &#8211; even as tourists line up for tickets to tour the Parliament building and take selfies everywhere.. All you expect to find in a modern capital city is here; impressive government buildings and manicured grounds, amazing museums, a river and waterways, monuments, markets, tourists and traffic &#8211; but walking around is easy, nobody seems to be in a hurry and even the security is very visible but unobtrusive.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"flxmap-69ec869d71d01\" class='flxmap-container' data-flxmap='flxmap_69ec869d71d01' style=\"width:700px;height:400px;\"><\/div>\n<script data-noptimize=\"1\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n(function(w, fn) {\n if (w.addEventListener) w.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", fn, false);\n else if (w.attachEvent) w.attachEvent(\"onload\", fn);\n})(window, function() {\n var f = new FlexibleMap();\n f.setlocale(\"en-US\");\n f.showKML(\"flxmap-69ec869d71d01\", \"http:\\\/\\\/relativerest.com\\\/tripmapper\\\/Perimeter\\\/2015_09_24_Ottawa\\\/Picasa2.kmz\");\n window.flxmap_69ec869d71d01 = f;\n});\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n<br \/>\nI found breakfast in the ByWard market area and then walked towards Parliament Hill, passing the Rideau Canal. I took a few photos but it was cloudy, and predicted to clear later, so I got tickets for a 1:20 tour of Parliament and headed over to the War Museum. This is a great place, with a historical timeline of Canada&#8217;s involvement in war that also serves to explain much of Canada&#8217;s political and cultural history. The displays are educational but not boring and I was fascinated. A separate area displays military hardware, from small arms to planes, dating from the 18th century. I had allowed myself about two hours but could have easily spent another two hours there.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, as I walked back towards Parliament along the river-walk, I had a problem with the SD card in my camera and, since I had no time to get another, I was unable to take any photos for the rest of the day. The Parliament building had some amazing sights, especially the library, so I have now bought a new memory card and plan to take another tour of Parliament before I leave town tomorrow just to get photos.<\/p>\n<p>No video today as I have not even seen my car. Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny so I hope I get some better photos but here are three of today&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<p>The Rideau Canal has a sequence of working locks as it descends to the Ottawa River.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Rideau-Canal.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Rideau-Canal.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa - Rideau Canal\" width=\"760\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Rideau-Canal.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Rideau-Canal-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>The centre block of the Parliament Building<a href=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Parliament-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-160\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Parliament-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa - Parliament 1\" width=\"760\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Parliament-1.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Parliament-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a>View of the Ottawa River from the river-walk<a href=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Riverpath.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-159\" src=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Riverpath.jpg\" alt=\"Ottawa - Riverpath\" width=\"760\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Riverpath.jpg 760w, http:\/\/relativerest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Ottawa-Riverpath-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent today wandering around the grand sights along the Ottawa river and I loved it. Unlike most other capital cities, this place is very human and an oasis of calm compared with Washington, London or Paris &#8211; even as tourists line up for tickets to tour the Parliament building and take selfies everywhere.. All &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/?p=158\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 12 &#8211; O Canada, What A Great Capital You Have<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,3],"tags":[18,29],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}