Hi Friends! It's been a terrible long time since I've posted, and I've got a doozy of a post for you! Michael and I went on a wintry trip to Quebec, Montreal and Ottawa this month and have plenty of photos to show for it. I'll start with Québec...
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| In one of the many Ice Thrones |
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| ...and one of the many times we tasted poutine! |
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| View from the top of the ice slide overlooking the St. Laurence and the Chateau Frontenac |
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| Me, a la "passed out on an ice sofa" |
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| Ice Palace at the Plains of Abraham and Carnavale du Québec! |
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| Michael meets (statue of) Bonhomme! |
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| Top of the snow rafting chute! |
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| We toured Quebec Parliament |
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| ..and the Citadel! Apparently they don't expect to be using the tanks. |
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| Museum in the citadel had little models of famous Québec battles |
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| ....and knitting (yes!) |
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| ...and the regimental goat (of the Van Doo's) |
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| Tried to go skating with Bonhomme, but he kept passing me. |
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| And I was sad. |
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| But got to meet the King of the Carnival after all! |
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| We visited the Hotel du Glace! |
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| aaaaand took a nap in the "Presidential Suite" |
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| Mike too. |
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| Each room had wall carvings. Do you like our addition? |
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| How about Michael as Inuit? So mysterious.... |
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| a fine example of a wall carving |
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| and an ice slide! (so many slides!) |
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| We hit up the ice bar, too. a "Nordique," served in a glass made from ice. They'd put it in a ziplock back if you wanted to take it home! |
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| Back at the Carnavale grounds, the "Night Club Drummer" laid down beats in the dome |
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| one of the many snow sculptures! |
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| Just outside our hostel in Old Québec! Nearly like many places in Europe! |
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| Take that! Vancouver winter - sunshine AND snow...snow enough to bury the bench! |
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| Joyeux Carnavale! |
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| With the deep snow, it wasn't difficult to hop over the fence... |
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| My usual daily attire. No joke. I had cold eyeballs, too, damnitt. |
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