Canada 2 Ottawa

Here we have the Parliament building in Ottawa, and as

you know last week a terrible event happened.

Inside the Centre Block , how that guy got in there we don't

understand , because there is a lot of security.

This is the House of Commons  where the  parlement

comes together ( green chamber ) (onze tweede kamer ).

This is the senate  ( éérste kamer ) in red , emblematic of the

Upper House and its link to royalty. When the Queen attends

the Senate the Speaker chair is removed.

 

The Library of Parliament created in the 1790s was in Kingston

 Montréal Toronto and Québec City , and finally Ottawa 1876. 

In 1916 a fire destroyed most of the Centre Block , but the

Library's iron doors isolated it from the blaze.

 

We did have a lot of patience , so we could get at the top

and enjoy the scenery.

All you see are mostly governement buildings,

War Memorial nearby the Canadian parliament.

 

This is the place where last week the attack took place.

At the moment we visit the Memorial it was  raining ,

 but the two Canadian soldiers kept standing guard

at the National War Memorial. 

Tineke together with Michael and Julie under the spider,

in front of the House of Arts

 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital  of Canada

in 1857.

 

Canada 1

 

We started our Canada vacation in Toronto, Peter Dwyer picked

us up from the airport and we had dinner together.  This time we

stayed  in a hotel , the place as usely. Next day dinner

at Augusta and Luis home, together with Mary and Reg. .

Four September dinner just the two of us celebrating

Tineke's birthday.  And we had an excelent dinner at Lee Garden

on Spadina with our friends .

 

But we have no pictures because something went wrong , too bad.

We still try to recover the memory stick , so you never know.

Lucky Tineke had a second camera so we do have some .

The missing pictures are from Toronto , Québec City and Montréal.

Sorry family and friends :  Peter ; Augusta ; Luis ; Mary ; Reg ;

Marie Claire Jason and Aukje, Mary ; Douglas :

Madeline ; Mark : Nick : Jamie and Robin.

 

We visited in Toronto  Music Garden ; St. Lawrence Market ;

Distillery Historic District ; Allan Gardens Conservatory ;

 Bathurst Bridge ; Brunswick Ave ; new building on College St ;

the Building Yonge / Gerard ; China Town ;Toronto Island Park .

And the brand new Streetcar on Spadina.

In Québec City , the tour to Island of Orléans, Montmorency Falls

and Ste-Anne-de Beaupré Basilica. In Monréal Botanical Garden

we visited together with Marie Claire and Aukje .

Some places we visit before as you can see.

Tante Beth in memoriam.

Elizabeth Maria de Jong.

Tante Beth is geboren op 23 april 1919 op de pleats

te Olde Ouwer tussen Scharsterbrug en St. Nicolaasga.

Ze was het tiende kind van pake Pieter en beppe Aukje.

Het gezin telde totaal 15 kinderen.

Tante Beth emigreerde  naar Canada in 1952 en trouwde met

 William Henry Dwyer in 1954. Drie kinderen , Michael;

Augusta en Mary.

 

Tante is overleden in Toronto op 24 augustus 2014.

 

Hier een bijzondere foto uit 1993 genomen door Isabel

Huitema . Tante Anne was al overleden.

Van L naar R : Akke  ; Minke ; Marijke : Johanna en Beth.

 

 

 

Dit was in 2010 samen met Sjoukje op bezoek, toen nog

in Stratford

Ons laatste bezoek 2013 bij tante in Kensington Gardens

in Toronto. De laatste jaren spraken we meestal Fries,

 het was er altijd gezellig en de port smaakte goed. 

 

Helaas dit jaar waren we net een week te laat.