Where's Edgar?

We started out from Regina and flew all the way to lovely Toronto, ON. After we landed we rented a spacious SUV, that my dad fell in love with, and started the drive to Ottawa. We

thought that getting out of Toronto wouldn't be too difficult because you just have to find the right exit. We were going in the wrong direction and kept getting turned around. Let's just say that my experience driving around Toronto wasn't the highlight of my trip. I learned something about my family that day, we all react differently in this type of situation and that gets on everyone's nerves. Some get irritated, some stay positive, some turn quiet, and for some positivity is very annoying. We could feel the love that day :)

By the time we found our hotel in Ottawa we were so excited to get out of that lovely vehicle. Something we discovered about the vehicle right away was that it was high, as in tall. We had to watch the roof every time we went underground or into a parkade. We first had this wonderful experience trying to go down into the very tight underground parking at our hotel. We made it work, thanks to Andrew our lookout.

We walked into our hotel room and were amazed. It was like a mini apartment. We had a separate kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom. It was very roomy and nice. I wasn't feeling so hot so I took a little nap while the others found a nearby grocery store to buy some dinner and snacks. After supper we decided to go exploring. Dad and Mom went off to see some festivities and the boys and I went for a walk.

The next day we went touring. We woke up bright and early and got there only to discover that we were an hour early! So we walked around and looked at the pictures prior to entering. This place was very cool! We found the battle that my great uncle died in (the battle of Ortona), we saw Hitler's car and learned a lot of history.

After the war museum we walked around the Farmer's Market. By this time my legs were not doing well and it hurt to walk. It was the most painful walk and I was in tears by the time we got to the actual market. My dad offered to get me a carriage :) After a little break and some awesome brothers bringing me goodies to cheer me up I was ready to battle through the pain and look around. There were some pretty cool shops and things to look at. We were constantly losing Brydon as we walked down the streets. He would just veer off into shops and always come out with something.

The next morning Mom and I woke up early and made our way to the Parliament. I took some wonderful pictures to show my class, who happens to be studying Canada this year.

Our first stop was the place where the names of fallen police and peace officers. We found my Aunt's cousin and took a picture for her. Then we just walked around the grounds.

My favourite stop was the "famous five". There is a section there where they have statues of the 5 women that fought for women's right to vote.

Later that day we all climbed into the SUV and headed off to Orillia.