And because Canadians take their first steps on the ice and there’s nowhere more skater chic than Ottawa.
Then we can only look on in envy from the pop-up Christmas rinks we visit in our towns at this time of year.
At the 5-mile Rideau Canal Skateway open 24 hours a day.
Particularly when you can stop along the way at a number of Beavertail stands and grab a treat and hot chocolate.
While if you’re confident on your skates then you can stop and refresh at Dunrobin Distilleries.
You’ll start, or end, downtown and wind along Dow’s Lake.
Or take a brisk walk
While if you’ve not yet mastered the skates then you can walk or shuffle along the edges of the Skateway, or pathways.
Now this becomes even more appealing for those of us on this rock in the north of Europe we call Britain.
Because Ottawa has now become even more accessible.
Come Spring British travellers will be able to fly non-stop to Ottawa with Air Canada.
We found a sample return flight from London Heathrow to Ottawa and return with a brief layover in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Travelling out on April 3 and returning April 8 from £739.99.
For all seasons
By which time it will, of course, be a whole new season.
Our Ottawan friends, of course, are keen to guide us to their seat of parliament which also houses a House of Commons.
And its Canadian War Museum which is of personal interest with Grandpa Murty having fought and been gassed out of World War I while fighting under the Maple Leaf.
Of course our Canadian cousins are an outdoorsy people.
And you can choose from rock climbing, hiking, spleunking (no, us neither), mountain biking, bungee jumping, snowshoeing, cross country skiing or whitewater rafting (been there, done that, stayed afloat).
Canada Day on July 1 is obviously the biggie but Ottawa also boasts a Canadian Tulip Festival and we’ll always be sold on the king of flowers.
As well as the best musical festivals and culinary treats.
So whether you’re a winter warmer and agree that there’s nowhere more skater chic than Ottawa
Or a man and woman for all seasons then put the Canadian capital on your list for next year, particularly with those direct routes from the GB.
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