Friday, December 5, 2008

It gets cold in Ottawa


I flew to Ottawa yesterday for work.

While I was there, I learned that Ottawa is the second coldest capital city in the world. It also has a beautiful downtown.

As I walked in the city, I realized that I should have brought my winter overcoat.; it was cold. The wind was whipping through the city and was bone chilling. But, the buildings were spectacular to see, and it reminded me of being in Europe.


There is a canal that runs through the city center. During the winter, it freezes over and creates a long ice skating run. You can see in the picture below that it is just starting to freeze. If I go back, I'll bring my wool overcoat and maybe try skating.

2 comments:

PepperTree said...

I have visited Ottawa two years ago, but I didn't have a chance to walk around the city because I just visited a company in suburb area and went back directly to the airport. Maybe next time, I want to enjoy the city.

BTW, where is the coldest capital?

DK said...

They said it was Ulaan-baatar in Mongolia.