Well this is my first post, so we’ll see how it goes!

I went to Quebec this past weekend for their annual winter carnival. For those who haven’t heard of the winter carnival, it’s a 3 week production that has events including an international snow sculpture contests, snow tubing, toboggan rides, ice castles, ice bars, etc. This is my second year going and it was just as fun as the first. I went with Slava and another couple, Jimmy and Becky. Quebec is such a beautiful city and in the winter it seems to be a winter wonderland.

My favorite part of the trip was the toboggan. This toboggan run is long and steep, and well worth the hike up. We took about 10 runs in an hours time, often racing people down and winning! Each sled can fit up to 4 people, which is what we often did.

The snow sculptures always amaze me, but this year was especially interesting because the team from the United States was actually from right here in Portland! They also do the ice sculpturers for L.L. Bean and the sand castles in the summer. This years sculpture was titled “In Humans We Trust”, and it has a bunch of sea related parts including a starfish, net, crab, boat, etc.

I put my pictures on shutterfly, so please feel free to view them! If you ever have the chance to go, I’d recommend it, as it was very fun!!

Until next post…

-Lindsay

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