Canada Day Recap

The sleepy civil servant city that it is, Ottawa doesn’t really know how to party. But you have to give the capital props for trying really hard on Canada Day.
Some fun things I did this July 1st :
  • watched the Snowbirds flyby from my roof


  • ogled some cool crafts in Major’s Hill Park

Trying on a very expensive wool mask by Denise Richard

Papier maché awesomeness by Marie-Josée Brideau

  • marveled at the eclectic collection of buskers


  • hung out on the Hill sporting patriotic colours

body painting by Chris

  • watched the fireworks!


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