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Ottawa Vacation
In Spring of 2007, I went on a solo vacation to Ottawa and Montreal, Canada. Ottawa is a beautiful and charming city, I highly recommend stopping by if you are in the area. Although Montreal is a bit more cosmopolitan and well-known, I actually preferred Ottawa. If I had to do it again, I would cut back on the days I spent in Montreal and spend more time in Ottawa. I stayed in Byward Market , which is within walking distance to Parliament, restaurants, shopping, pubs, the National Gallery of Art, the Musuem of Civilizations , the Canadian War Museum and an all around enjoyable entertainment district. There is also a large mall in the Market area, if you are intersted in that. I stayed at the Marriott Courtyard because I had some connections for a room discount, but there is also the Byward Blue Inn B&B nearby. I walked by the Inn and it was very nice, on a great street. If I were going back, I'd have no problem staying at this B&B. And, the Market is ringed with delicio...
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Leigh, it is so interesting the differences between students in Asia and the Western World. It would be fun to talk about with you. The most interesting thing to me was, they were still talking about the items, and thought they were really neat, but not buying them! Talking about them was enough. (And it was okay for class purposes.) I was just so surprised people don't want to buy everything in sight, just because they can. :)