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.
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.
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.
Rainy day. I took this photo because I was surprised at the leaves still on the trees.
Took this interesting photo with the point-and-shoot.
Then I took out my DSLR with the OM lens and recaptured the image.
The Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in Ottawa. From what I have seen online, I would love to photograph the interior architecture of this cathedral.
Still a hint of autumn.
Dog walker at Major's Hill Park with Fairmont Château Laurier in the background.
Another look at the Cathedral.
Parliament Hill
The buildings and coloured hill.
Hard to photograph things when the sky is so washed-out.
Hard to photograph things when the sky is so washed-out.
Pont Alexandra Bridge. Another place I will definitely be visiting when I get settled in Ottawa.
The Peace Tower
An owl warrior.
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.
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.
The Parliament building has several interesting creatures on its walls.
An owl warrior.
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.
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.
Peace Tower from the side.
Owl drawing on the sidewalk.
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.
Took a photo of the ceiling in Tabaret Hall while waiting for the tour to start.
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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