Lots to see and do

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Elsa finds an interesting article about the carnival from someone who was there in 2018.

‘Quebec City’s annual Winter Carnival is what they mean when they use the phrase winter wonderland. I experienced it in January 2018, and while the temperatures were frigid, the hospitality was anything but. If you want to go in 2019, I suggest you make your reservations now! It’s a popular event that will fill up quickly.

I attended the Carnival’s opening night ceremony, which included the crowning of the Carnival’s Queen by the spiral-shaped ice palace at the Carnival’s central site. After sunset, the palace became interactive with a colored light show reflected on the ice walls. Nearby, there was an ice bar, food stands, ice skating and sledding, live music, graffiti artists, ice sculptors, and more. The Carnival lasts almost three weeks, so there are a wide variety of festivities to check out.

The ice and snow sculptors work throughout the Carnival on their art, and they’re judged in a contest toward the end of the celebration. You can take an ice sculpture workshop, too, to learn how it’s done. If that doesn’t interest you, there’s axe throwing and a mechanical moose. At different locations, there are opportunities to play camp games like giant foosball or pet caribou and other animals.

Not far away at Village Nordik, you can try ice fishing. White inflatable igloos are set up on the Louise Basin at the Port of Quebec. You can sit inside an igloo, and they’ll drill a hole for you to fish. Then, they’ll cook the fish for you, and you can have a full meal on site.’ (Source)

Can you imagine how cold it has to be in order to sit inside an igloo and ice fish? But it must be a fun experience!

Let’s continue – A real ice hotel!

Start at the beginning – Walking in a Winter Wonderland