2013/11/12

Trip to Ottawa

I just returned from a five-day trip in Ottawa where I looked for a place to move into next week, visited the professor whom I will be working for, and took care of some administrative stuff for my admission to the University of Ottawa.

I arrived on Friday evening and I spent the entire Saturday looking at (three) different places and decided on one later that day.  Then I headed over to the chosen place on Sunday morning to hand in a deposit for the place.  Afterwards, I bused to downtown to take a break and took some photos.

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National Gallery of Canada.  As you can probably tell, the weather was kind of crappy that day.  Definitely visiting this place at least a few times for the next few years.

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A giant spider sculpture (a.k.a. Maman) by Louise Bourgeois outside the gallery, the same artist (and similar work) I saw in New Orleans almost four months ago.

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Rainy day.  I took this photo because I was surprised at the leaves still on the trees.

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Took this interesting photo with the point-and-shoot.

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Then I took out my DSLR with the OM lens and recaptured the image.

Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica
The Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in Ottawa.  From what I have seen online, I would love to photograph the interior architecture of this cathedral.

Major's Hill Park
Still a hint of autumn.

Fairmont Château Laurier
Dog walker at Major's Hill Park with Fairmont Château Laurier in the background.

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Another look at the Cathedral.

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Parliament Hill

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The buildings and coloured hill.

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Hard to photograph things when the sky is so washed-out.

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Pont Alexandra Bridge.  Another place I will definitely be visiting when I get settled in Ottawa.

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The Peace Tower

The Parliament building has several interesting creatures on its walls.

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An owl warrior.

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The main entrance was guarded by the two animals found in the Royal Coat of Arms of Canada. On the left is a fierce lion.

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On the right is an unicorn with its tongue sticking out.  According to this teaching resource about the Parliament, the unicorn is traditionally a symbol of chivalry and purity, and it represents Scotland and holds a pennant that represents France.

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Peace Tower from the side.

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Owl drawing on the sidewalk.

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Took some bokeh photos inside the Rideau Centre.

On Monday, I met with the professor to talk about my Ph.D. project (which I may create a new blog/site for) and later learned that I will be accepted into uOttawa (but my averages are not good enough for Admission Scholarship - $9000/year!!!).  I took some time afterwards to figure out how exactly my averages were calculated and then went on a guided campus tour.  I really hope my provincial and national scholarship applications will be accepted.  Fingers crossed.

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Took a photo of the ceiling in Tabaret Hall while waiting for the tour to start.

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On the way back to Peterborough this afternoon.  Nothing like being on a 4.5-hour bus ride to force me to look back at choices I have made to get to this point in life.

On a complete random note, today is 11/12/13...

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