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Snowparrot wrote:Glad you made it to NH, NJFS!

I think I got stuck at the border....9 days to NH??? That's crazy!!

blackjacks wife wrote:Oh Where, Oh Where did my Flat Stanley go, Oh Where. Oh Where, could he be????

I'm here! I'm here!!! I can't believe how loooong it took to get to NH!!! I arrived safely this afternoon!!!

Going to get a good night's sleep before I go into school tomorrow!!! I can't wait to visit!!!

And now I'm going to hop into my envelope and head back across the border to New Hampshire!
See you there!

Our last stop was at the Canadian War Museum. Every summer, the Ottawa BluesFest and some other festivals take place on the big lawn.

Victoria Island is native land, and every summer there is an exhibit called the Aboriginal Experience. They have many activities and once in a while, someone comes from the West Coast to carve a totem pole. The island was the site of many old mills and electrical generating stations. These ruins are...

Back in Ottawa, we took a walk on Victoria Island, in the middle of the Ottawa River. From there you have a great view of the Parliament Buildings, the National Gallery, some other buildings and some bridges. It was windy so I had to be careful not to fall in!

Then we had to drive back to Ottawa. I took a nap.

At Jacques Cartier Square in the centre of Old Montreal (all the tourists go there!) we saw the calèches (carriages) and some beautiful trees.
And I finally got my bike ride!

We stopped at the big, old church, Notre Dame.
And I tried to knock on a door at a very old house, but there was no doorknob!

Then I hopped into the backpack.

The next day, Monday, Barb and I went exploring.
First, we checked the weather outside our hotel room.

Have you ever spent time under a big hotel and conference centre? Well, now I have!

Neil & Barb rented two of these nifty bikes, called Bixi (for BI-cycle + ta-XI) and went on a tour around the Old Port and the Harbour*. They said it was too windy for me, so I waited in the car. Barb didn't take enough pictures of the St. Lawrence River, where huge ships come and go up the Seaw...

The restaurant made a complete circle in about an hour and 20 minutes.

From up there we could see trains, trees, churches, and other neat stuff.

On Sunday, November 1 and Monday November 2, Barb and I toured around in Montreal. Montreal is a 2-hour drive from Ottawa and quite a different city. First, we had brunch in the revolving restaurant on top of the Delta Hotel. It’s on the 30th floor! The visibility was great, and so was the food (the...

I have some more pictures of the kids in their costumes, but I'll send those privately to my home class.

Tomorrow, we're going to Montreal... (or Montréal) It's a big city in the province of Quebec (in French, that's Québec), next door.

Here is some cool art! Both the Grade 1 and Grade 4 classes had used this frame idea to make seasonal windows.

And here is the library's "stained glass" window.