Friday, June 19, 2009 – Day 22

The only thing we planned for today was to tour the Parliament Buildings. As a result we relaxed in the morning in our hotel room and watched as the sun cleared away all of the rain clouds of the previous day. It was great to take a break and to not have too much planned.

Currency Museum

In the afternoon we hiked over to the Parliament Buildings and found that we would have to wait two hours for our tour to start. The kids however already had a plan on what to do with our spare time... they wanted to go to the Free Currency Museum in the building responsible for Canada's currency. Our...

Thursday, June 18, 2009 – Day 21

Before heading off to Ottawa we wanted to bike along the trail that goes from Cornwall for over 30 km to Upper Canada Village. We had heard about this great bike path following an interview by a radio station in Cornwall, Ontario.

We rented bikes at the Marina that is the third site in the immediate area operated by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission. From here we were able to bike along the scenic paths that skirt along the river. Although it had been drizzling all through the night, the weather held up for us and allowed us to enjoy the...