We will be visiting Vietnam on our up coming trip to Asia. Canadians require a visa, so we downloaded the visa application forms from the Vietnamese Embassy website, however prior to sending them in, we had to call the Embassy to get the cost to process our visa applications. Seems the price is subject to [...]
Ottawa: Winterlude
For some wintertime fun visit Ottawa and take in the Winterlude festivities. I joined the crowd and skated on the Rideau Canal. For the novice skater The Canal is 7.8 kilometers of ice, so turning and stopping are not immediate problems. The Crystal Garden in Confederation park is the site of the ice sculpting competition. [...]
Ottawa: A Visit to the Canadian War Museum
The new Canadian War Museum building opened on May 8th. 2005. This date also marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 125th anniversary of the museum. I had visited the museum at it’s old location in an archives building on Sussex Drive. The building felt confined and dark. It [...]
