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| Inside the Canadian Natioal Art Gallery |
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Frank´s museum and the beaver plane |
Ottawa has some very interesting museums. While Katrin went to the Canadian National Art Gallery, Frank biked to the aviation Museum and visited the Parliament hill. We both enjoyed a day in an urban setting and even decided to stay one more day here in Ottawa; we want to see the museum for civilization.
The aviation museum showed how important planes have been to master the vast territory of Canada. Already 1913 the first bush pilots flew on very fragile planes and floatplane into the wilderness. They were a tough breed! Those early planes had not yet a heated cabin, so it was sometimes very cold on the long routes. And of course, many of them crash several times, some survived more than one crash. Today, bush pilots still fly in remote areas with the flying Canadian workhorse, the beaver. But more and more, the tourism used floatplane to get to remote lodges or hunting places.
When we met again downtown, we just walked into an art gallery. Arriving there, we were greeted by the artist Gordon Harrison, who invited us to the opening and vernissage, just going to happen. With nice white wine, cheese and crackers in our hands, we then enjoyed a marvelous little event, an artist speaking about her inspiration and art. Frank liked the landscape pictures very much, Canadian landscapes many of them full of autumn colors, Indian Summer colors.
The evening we spent in the Byward Market, a very colorful market, with many good places to eat, pubs with live music and a fudge shop out of this world. (Yes we did sin there!)
The aviation museum showed how important planes have been to master the vast territory of Canada. Already 1913 the first bush pilots flew on very fragile planes and floatplane into the wilderness. They were a tough breed! Those early planes had not yet a heated cabin, so it was sometimes very cold on the long routes. And of course, many of them crash several times, some survived more than one crash. Today, bush pilots still fly in remote areas with the flying Canadian workhorse, the beaver. But more and more, the tourism used floatplane to get to remote lodges or hunting places.
When we met again downtown, we just walked into an art gallery. Arriving there, we were greeted by the artist Gordon Harrison, who invited us to the opening and vernissage, just going to happen. With nice white wine, cheese and crackers in our hands, we then enjoyed a marvelous little event, an artist speaking about her inspiration and art. Frank liked the landscape pictures very much, Canadian landscapes many of them full of autumn colors, Indian Summer colors.
The evening we spent in the Byward Market, a very colorful market, with many good places to eat, pubs with live music and a fudge shop out of this world. (Yes we did sin there!)
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| Fudges! |
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| Katrin with Gordon |
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