Canada's National Core

In my most recent journey, I traveled to a region in Canada known as Canada's National Core. This region stretches from the southern part of Ontario to the southern part of Quebec. This region is very interesting in the fact that there are two different languages that are spoken here. These languages are French and English. In Quebec the reason that the people still speak French there is because it is a way for the people to keep their culture alive. Quebec was once a part of France and then lost all contact with France when it was no longer present in the new world. On this trip, I checked out a couple of cool places and the first stop was in Montreal Quebec.

The first stop that I checked out was a part of the city in Montreal that was the oldest part of the city. It is known as Old Montreal. There were a bunch of really old buildings, cobblestone streets, and even a horse and buggy. While walking around this part of the city we heard a lot of people speaking french and doing typical business that they would do in the city. I got to ride in a carriage pulled by a horse which was a really cool part to get the feeling of what it would have been like to live here in the past in the old city with horses for transportation. While in the carriage we saw old buildings that had a lot of lights and were made of stone. You could tell that they were old because they had that old feeling to them. The streets were made of cobblestone also which was very cool because you don't see that too much anymore. All you could hear were people speaking French. I definitely felt out of place because I only knew how to speak English. Luckily the people were very nice, though.

In this picture, you can see the horse and buggy ride that I got to take through this part of town. 

There are a few of the buildings I saw towards the end of the day. 

This part of Montreal was a very interesting part to see. They way that it fits in with this region is because it shows the French heritage that is still present in this region today. Quebec has not always been on good terms with Canada but it still remains part of the country. Besides their language, the people of Montreal do their best to keep their heritage alive today. Now people like us are able to see what it would have been like to be here back then. 

After a few days, we traveled to Ottawa, Ontario to see Parliament Hill which is legislation for Canada is held. We got to tour  Parliament Hill and see all the cool things inside it. There were a lot of statues and paintings just like you would see in the capitol of the United States. We saw a lot of members from the different parties in parliament and none of them really had time to talk to the tourists. They were more concerned about being on their way to their next event then noticing us. This made me upset! When we talked to the tour guide the told us about the process of how laws are passed. It was a lot different than in the United States but in a lot of ways, it was similar. 

This is a picture of Parliament Hall in Ottawa. 

   

This is a picture of Parliament Hall inside. 

Parliament Hall is a very important part to this region. It gives Canada's National Core worldwide attention as it is home to Canada's capital. It was also interesting to see their lawmakers they seem a lot like politicians in America. Always snotty and not nice at all. I will definitely never forget this trip. My favorite part was listening to people speak French and seeing all the old cool buildings throughout this region.