Canadian Adventures Pt 1

Well here is my lastest selection of photos, and deep culturally enriching times in Canada
My first beer in Montreal (Canada) was at Les 3 Brasseurs restaurants, there I met 3 French Canadians named Christian, Helena, & Frank- their English was limited though great fun. The Canadians love their glass high rise buildings.

This is downtown Montreal (Boulevard René-Lévesque), the Micheal et Renata Holstein building (Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal)- I looked inside though no photos aloud, and then 'Merv' met Sir John Young who founded Montreal as the Candian shipping port in the old bay.

How the Montreal Canadian Paper reported the absolute tragedy at Virginia Tech. This is the Lachine Rapids series of gates & locks to allow boats to travel between the Montreal & Lachine (the ice in the water indicates how cold it was- about 3 degrees celcius last 2 days!!)

Me, with old port Montreal in background. This is the war memorial on banks of St. Lawrence, this was opened by our very own british commonwealth 'wingnut' Sir Charles.

So I found a pub named after me, Met these 2 lovely French girls at 'Dundees' pub last night- they enjoyed the rich Aussie accent.

First pictures from Ottawa (Canada); this is National Arts Ctr, Parliament Hill, and Ottawa Supreme Court- all taken this afternoon.

War memorial in downtown Ottawa- also opened by our commonwealth 'wingnut' Sir Charles.

Here is a a statue of legendary Canadian 'Terry Fox', somone I greatly admire because he made a big difference in this world.

Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was only 18 years old when he was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) and forced to have his right leg amputated 15 cm (six inches) above the knee in 1977. After 18 mths and running over 5,000 klms (3,107 mls) to prepare, Terry started his run in St. John’s, Newfoundland on Apr 12, '80 with little fanfare, however, on Sept 1st, after 143 days and 5,373 klms (3,339 mls), Terry was forced to stop running outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario because cancer had appeared in his lungs. An entire nation was stunned and saddened. Terry passed away on June 28, 1981 at age 22. The heroic Canadian was gone, but his legacy was just beginning. To date, more than $400 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name through the annual Terry Fox Run, held across Canada and around the world.