Trip to Canada
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On a hunch, I Googled "household guards". The Wikipedia article has this to say: "The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Head of state.
Canada's Governor General's Horse Guards and India's President's Bodyguard are typical Household Cavalry regiments, employing armoured vehicles for combat duties and equestrian units for ceremonial functions."
From the page on the Governor General's Footguards:
"In addition to this, it also performs a ceremonial role similar to that of the Guards regiments of the British Army, mounting the guard on Parliament Hill and at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, a task it shares with the Canadian Grenadier Guards."
On a hunch, I Googled "household guards". The Wikipedia article has this to say: "The term Household Cavalry is used across the Commonwealth to describe the cavalry of the Household Divisions, a country’s most elite or historically senior military groupings or those military groupings that provide functions associated directly with the Head of state.
Canada's Governor General's Horse Guards and India's President's Bodyguard are typical Household Cavalry regiments, employing armoured vehicles for combat duties and equestrian units for ceremonial functions."
From the page on the Governor General's Footguards:
"In addition to this, it also performs a ceremonial role similar to that of the Guards regiments of the British Army, mounting the guard on Parliament Hill and at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, a task it shares with the Canadian Grenadier Guards."
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I'm not sure but one of them I think is the Museum of Civilization. I loved Ottawa, absolutely adored it, it's a great city.Helen8 wrote:Great pictures, Angel! Thanks for sharing. What are the two buildings in picture 2? The curved building and the multi-domed one? Just beautiful.
Today I visited Mont Royal, there's a great view of the city on top of it (I'll try to share some pictures later).
I really like Montreal, it's very cosmopolitan and multicultural, I love the old part of the city with its narrow streets, beautiful shops and European style squares:
Statue of Maisonnueve (the founder of the city) at Place D'Armes in Old Montreal
I think I'm in love with Canada.
I'm going to Toronto this weekend, cant wait.
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