Today we visited Rideau Hall- the Governor General's Residence. It is supposed to be Canada's Governor General's house, but it is open to the public for all kinds of activities: you can have a picnic, play cricket, go for a run, or take your kids to the playground or the fountains in there.
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| Main path towards the Residence |
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| Oops, somebody lost a sock! |
Every day there are lots of activities for families, such as watching the guard change every hour on the hour, you can go for a tour of the residence, and there is even things like story time or seasonal activities like skating in the winter.
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| The actual Governor General's Residence |
I was pretty impressed with this visit. To start with I think it is great that I basically know nothing about these places, and Rob just comes up with a plan like this because he's either heard about it at work or read something somewhere. So I just kind of follow along with no expectations and what do you know? we end up in some beautiful places like this one, wide open for kids like Paulo to run around, dip their hands in the fountains, collect acorns or play hide and seek in the trees. This place was just beautiful and I can't wait to go back there for a picnic or skating in the winter. Oh, and it's free as well. What else can you ask for on a lazy weekend afternoon?
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| Lovely old trees to climb on. |
As an added bonus, the surrounding neighborhood is just beautiful, with old houses and English style gardens all around. Just lovely!
Ticking off Rideau Hall from our weekend adventure list!
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| One of the beautiful gardens in the surrounding neighborhood - doesn't this look like a little secret garden? |
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