Ottawa

Our next stop was Ottawa. We arrived mid morning, had our city tour and then was able to have the afternoon free to explore.
Ottawa has a canal running through the city (which freezes over in the winter, and becomes a skating area, which people can use to get to work!),

and a lovely garden setting -

We visited the Canadian War Memorial, where we met with a Canadian Mounty -

For lunch, we were dropped off at Byward Market - and had our first "Beaver Tail" -

The next morning we were taken out to Gatineau National Park where the autumn leaves were making their appearance (finally!!) -

We then headed off to Toronto.