The way President Barack Obama's trip to Ottawa was covered by the Canadian media, he might as well have been accompanied by angels from on high, rather than serious looking secret service agents.

But how exactly was the new president's first foreign trip treated by the American press? Well, it actually put Canada in the news, which certainly doesn't happen every day (or month.)

On television, it was clear a few anchors weren't quite up to speed on their Canadiana. On CNN, anchor Fredricka Whitfield referred to an RCMP "welcome" guard, who were decked out in their internationally-recognized Red Serge, as members of "the Canadian Forces."

However, Whitfield's on-air colleague made up for it later by saying, ""We love those Canadians; they're good people."

On Fox News, anchor Megyn Kelly tried her best to pronounce "charge d'affaires," before apologizing to viewers by saying, "It's French."

Even the Associated Press had a bit of a blunder Thursday, as the newswire service referred to Prime Minister Stephen Harper as "Premier Stephen Harper" before correcting the mistake.

Several U.S. journalists blogged about the trip to Ottawa.

Christina Bellantoni, a Washington Times reporter who travelled to Ottawa with the presidential press pool, wrote about her experience on micro-blogging website Twitter.

Among a few of her comments: "Eating croissant - definitely more delicious in Canada than the States" and "(White House) staffer to press as we arrive at Parliament: 'Okay, guys, don't embarrass our country.'"

She also mentioned that Canadian journalists were shocked when they found out that the White House picked which news organizations got to ask the questions at Thursday's press conference, rather than the Canadian practice of journalists deciding among themselves.

In the LA Times, Andrew Malcolm (a former NY Times Canada bureau chief) had so little to say about Obama's trip that he resorted to playing a game of "Canadian or Dead?" with some famous personalities with his online readers. Spoiler: All of the names he mentioned were Canadian, making light of many American's lack of cultural knowledge about their northern neighbours.

On the popular, and Obama-friendly, political blog The Huffington Post, the president's trip was reported on but it was not given a prominent place on their webpage.

A photo slideshow received many comments on the site, a number of them writing generously about Governor General Michaelle Jean looks and persona. Those comments who followed by others trying to figure out what exactly a Governor General does in Canada.

Some American publications had a laugh about how stirred up the Canadian press was about the Obama visit.

At Wonkette, a U.S. political blog known for its snark, they linked to a prominent Canadian magazine's live blog of the Obama visit with a rather cheeky comment, "Get the blow-by-blow of the most exciting thing to ever happen in Canada in the history of history."