Ottawa, Canada

Recreational sport/activity

So we're in Canada, and during the last winter Olympics in Vancouver I watched Curling for the first time and it seemed like a lot of fun but, confusing. So We learned how to play this at the Nepean Sportplex Curling Centre! It was so much fun and at $101.75 per person, which was totally worth it! I had so much fun trying to get that concrete like puck down the ice into the smallest square! It takes a lot of precision, which makes you want to keep on trying, I almost had more fun knocking other peoples puck out of the way! Ha!

Ottawa, Canada

Accommodations continued...

food costs:
home made meal from the grocery store: $100

Fresh Market Restaurant: $72.55 http://www.fishmarket.ca/

Wasabi Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar: $63.47 http://www.wasabisushibar.ca/

Zak's Diner: $57.88 http://www.zaksdiner.com/

Baton Rouge Restaurant and Diner: $55.97

For our last dinner of our virtual trip I thought that we could have a
nice home cooked family meal: $100

Various groceries: $100

The total travel expenses for this leg of the trip including the
flight home to Raleigh came out to $26,226.20

The total grocery and restaurant costs totaled to $549.87

Ottowa, Canada

Accommodations

For our hotel in Ottawa, I thought we could stay at the Comfort Inn Downtown. It is close to Strathcona Park, Parliament Hill, and University of Ottawa. Also nearby are National Gallery of Canada and Byward Market. The hotel features complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas. There is a business center on site. Guests are served a complimentary breakfast. Guest parking is complimentary. Event facilities consist of conference/meeting rooms and banquet facilities. The staff can arrange business services and currency exchange. Additional amenities include laundry facilities, a garden, and a fireplace in the lobby. For 2 rooms a night it is $216 so for the whole week the total came out to be $1512.

Built Monument Ottawa

For our Built monument we decided to visit The Tomb of the unknown soldier in Ottawa.  The tomb was constructed in 2000, and holds the remains of an unknown soldier that died in WWI, it represents over 115,000 soldiers that have lost their lives fighting for Canada's freedom.  This was a very humbling experience for all of us, and we all felt a strong sense of reverence while standing around the tomb and observing this. 

Visiting the tomb was free of charge, and we took a Taxi to get there that cost us about $65 Round trip.

http://canadaonline.about.com/cs/canadawar/p/unknownsoldier.htm 
http://www.vivaboo.com/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/

Ottawa, Canada

Transportation:

Theres was a little trouble finding a flight departing directly from
Carcassonne, France so we had to take a 7 hour train ride to the
Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. For 6 people this cost us about 714
Euros which is $960.20. I booked our train ticket through
http://www.raileurope.co.uk. This was kind of nice to see more of the
country of France while we were on our train ride and it looked unbelievable. However, it was
pretty exhausting at the same time. Then from Paris we took an 11
hour plane ride to Ottawa, Canada connecting through Montreal on
flight AF344 Air France. This was quite expensive costing $3,834 per
person, $23,006.00 total. I also went ahead and booked our plane home
to Raleigh from Ottawa on Delta flight 3916 connecting through Detroit
and New York. This plane trip cost $376.77 per person and totaling
out to $2,260.62.

Ottawa, Canada

Matt Whitlow
Natural Site

We took a day trip to the majestic Gatineau Park which is just minutes from downtown Ottawa. There are many reasons why this park is really cool, first because they focus their efforts on conservation and preservation. The second reason is that it is not too far from town and there are many great natural views from the peaks. The best view was from Champlain Lookout, check out the picture below!!

We rented mountain bikes and helmets to get us to the park during our visit. It was about a 20 minute ride from downtown and we stayed there all day riding many of their mountain bike trails. The cost for the bikes was $50 per day, so a total cost of $300.00. The weather was relatively cold, but bearable with moderate exercise. We had a high of only 45 degrees that day but it was mostly sunny!

Neat park with many peaks and lakes!

http://www.rentabike.ca/rentabike/en/files/rentals.php#tandem

Cost: $50/Person. $300.00 Total