Science and Technology Museum – Ottawa Now in early December we decided to check out the newly reopened museum in Ottawa, the Canada Science and Technology Museum. We had already made a brief visit there, a few years before the renovation (in 2013) – see some photos here. The area on the outside is not fully ready, after all, the museum was re-opened to the public only 2 weeks ago, but inside, everything seemed to be in place. Some of the museum's attractions have been reused and others are unheard of. On Saturday, when we went, it was very crowded, with many families. I think it's very interesting to visit…

Diego and I – hologramversion Doesn't it look like the tributes from the movie Hunger Games? Kkk According to the event's website, KONTINUUM, is an immersive multimedia experience created by ottawa city hall and the world-renowned Canadian multimedia studio Moment Factory and is scheduled to highlight the upcoming station of Ottawa's new light rail (LRT) public transportation station. The station in question (Lyon) is in the heart of downtown Ottawa and access is through Sparks Street, between Lyon and Kent. Kontinuum is happening from July 16 to September 14, every day from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Admission is free, but you must get a ticket with a scheduled time…

A few weekends ago we visited another attraction specially assembled in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary. It was a beautiful day and to coincide with another attraction that was going on the same day, La Machine, was crowded, both Ottawa and Gatineau. The MosaïCanada 150 (see more information on the website here) is in Gatineau, jacques-cartier park, on the border with Ontario, on the banks of the Ottawa River, and close to the Canadian Museum of History, is this beautiful exhibition of natural plant sculptures, addressing various historical aspects of Canadian culture. The exhibition has free admission (you can take a guided tour for $10 per adult), there is only…

Tunnel in Diefenbunker So that comes that weekend that had no plans and out of nowhere, ends up having a very profitable Saturday, turistically speaking. Carp is a rural community about 30min from downtown Ottawa (and 15min from our house), which even has an inland village face. It happens there, every weekend, a producer’s fair (Carp Farmer’s Market), with fresh produce and handicrafts produced in the region, too bad it’s over by the time we get there. Our plans then basically boiled down to lunch at the well recommended Alice’s Village Café, which as a name already says, has everything to do with us haha. Alice loved to pretend that…

One of the advantages, if you can count like this, of the husband traveling a lot for work, is that back and a half the whole family organizes and goes together. That’s how we were recently visiting the provícia capital of Québec, our second visit there, the first had been in 2008 (see post here), 9 years later! I can’t believe it took us that long to get back there. And I’ll tell you, the trip just made us fall in love with the city a little bit more. It was only a full day and a late afternoon, but it was enough to feel the weather, walk through the…

Canadian Tulip Festival 2017 The beautiful tulips colored Ottawa during the days 12 and 22 Of May in 2017 and I passed there quickly to record a little bit of this beauty. We were going away on the second day of the festival and not to miss it, I visited Dow’s Lake on the way to the same airport. This was the 65th Canadian Tulip Festival that takes place in various locations in ottawa and gatineau and note there, in 2018, will take place from 11 to 21 May. The 15 minutes under fine rain were essential for me to register with the same phone, the festival that was promising…