Ottawa and Montreal

Canada - December 24-31, 2016
P001 - IMG_0015 ... our one week winter vacation in Ottawa and Montreal over the Christmas/New Year Holiday Season...
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P002 - IMG_0013 Ottawa Chinatown Archway, unveiled in the early Fall of 2010, built upon the entrance to the western section of Chinatown over Somerset Street, west of Bronson...
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P004 - IMG_0019 Carleton University, a comprehensive non-denominational public institution founded in 1942, its campus located west of Old Ottawa South, bounded to the north by...
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P005 - IMG_0030 Christmas day lunch buffet at this Hilton Gatineau-Ottawa - Gatineau, located on the northern bank of Ottawa River immediately across from Ottawa, officially...
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P006 - IMG_0020 ... waiting to be seated...
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P007 - IMG_0024 ... we're hungry, hurry up...
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P008 - IMG_0026 ... we're not eating here - the hotel offering drinks/snacks near the lobby for house-guests, someone just came down from their room with bathrobe and slippers...
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P009 - IMG_0027 ... interesting twisty decorative lighting...
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P010 - IMG_0028 ... restaurant we're having the buffet is downstairs...
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P011-IMG_1756 ... chow time...
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P012-IMG_1759 ... caviar on mini-pancakes...
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P013-IMG_1758 ... a little bit more of shrimp salad, with two pieces of dessert...
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P014-IMG_1757 ... mouth-watering desserts...
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P015-IMG_1761 ... some more...
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P016-IMG_1763 ... the two buddies...
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P017-IMG_1764 ... don't worry, these are not for the two buddies...
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P024 - IMG_0033 ... contemporary sculpture, Hilton Gatineau-Ottawa - let's head back to Ottawa, just a short 4 miles driving distance from here...
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P025 - IMG_0041 Sparks Street, located one block south of Wellington Street (the home of the Parliament of Canada), a historical street in Uptown Ottawa that was converted into...
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P027 - IMG_0046 Rideau Canal Locks - Rideau Canal, also known unofficially as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston on...
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P028 - IMG_0047 ... a section of Rideau Canal passing through central Ottawa in winter becomes officially the world's largest and second longest skating rink with clearing...
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