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The Trips with Kids team just came back from a long weekend in Ottawa.
And what a weekend it was! Many people associate Ottawa with the words stuffy and boring. That couldn’t be farther from the truth! There’s a lot of fun places for families to experience and tons to do in this beautiful city. We were fortunate to have a personal tour of the ByWard Market by Ottawa Tourism’s Communications Director, Jantine Van Kregten.
Jantine from Ottawa Tourism Image: Madison Rodrigues-Raby © 2008 Trips with Kids
The ByWard Market is a unique area in downtown Ottawa. It’s the place to find excellent restaurants, trendy shops and the oldest farmers’ market in Canada. Check out some photos of the outdoor market from the perspective of a six-year-old.
A stall is overflowing with spring flowers. Image: Madison Rodrigues-Raby © 2008 Trips with Kids
Many of the vegetables are locally grown. Image: Madison Rodrigues-Raby © 2008 Trips with Kids
Glass jewelry brighten up the market. Image: Madison Rodrigues-Raby © 2008 Trips with Kids
Jantine suggested we go to the Lone Star Texas Grill for dinner and we’re glad we tried it. We highly recommend this restaurant to families. And it seems the Prime Minister of Canada would recommend it as well. He was there enjoying a meal with his family and friends. So you never know who you might bump into in Ottawa!
We’ll be publishing a few articles in the near future about our trip but in the meantime take a look at the map below for some ideas on where to go and what to do in the ByWard Market. We suggest you stay in a hotel right in the downtown. We stayed at the Westin which is located only a short walk away from the Byward Market, Parliament Hill, the National Gallery of Canada and the list goes on. You can ditch the car and enjoy an environmentally-friendly weekend.
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