Holiday Blog #1 - Parliament Hill

Wow, am I ever behind in the blogging. But then I thought can you even be behind? I'm the one that decides what to blog anyways. It's not as though it's a class I have to do homework for! Anyhow those that know me well will understand my angst (or is it OCD??). Since I've been too crazy at work to take any photos I have a rare moment to go back in time to my summer vacation to Ottawa.

Although I have been to Ottawa many times I finally took the tour of the parliament buildings. As a history buff this was an exciting adventure for me. I never tire at looking at the exterior and thus was excited to venture beyond those stone walls. It was especially wonderful to meet up with Jennilyn, Bob, Marin and Calli and even the Cheek family.










After a rather rigourous body cavity search, eh em...body search, we were granted access to our government in action. There were a few memorable stories that I fell in love with. The most charismatic Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau, was known to slide down the banister stairs on his way to parliament. Ahhhh Trudeau. Can you believe he dated Kim Catrall?





There was another tale of this painting of Queen Victoria and how it was painstakingly saved from a few fires. I also loved how the architecture, detailed stonework, and artwork all captured the multiculturalism of Canada.

However, there was one room that was simply astounding....the library.





There were no cameras allowed so I lingered as long as I could to imbibe its majesty.