On Monday we got to ottawa. After some fun and games with storms, we finally went for a lovely walk alongside the river, by the locks and around the back of parliament house, the courts and the mint, alongside lake Ontario with the sun setting gorgeous colours. As we came around to the front of the courts and parliament we saw some of the preparations for the Canada day celebrations and scored a free listen in on the rehearsals which was awesome! The next day we were getting ourselves ready for the drive to niagara, we managed to see the changing of the guard parade come down the street and turn the corner in front of our hotel from our room window! By the time we got to niagara it was late afternoon, bi that didn't
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