Quebec Winter Carnival

 

 

   We spent most of the day at the winter carnival grounds. It's in a large park overlooking the St Lawrance River called the Plains of Abaham, an historic place in the war between the French and Englsh.

   Much of the carvival activity happens on the weekends so we'll miss some of the fun events like the parades, ice canoe races and pee-wee hockey tournament. But there's still lots to see in the carnival grounds and we started the day with a horse drawn sled ride around the park. We had a good look at the many ice sculptures and things like cross country skii trails, ice sledding, somthing that looked like skee-ball with hockey sticks and a life-sized footsball game where kids strap themselves into player positions on an ice rink and try to kick the soccer ball without falling on their butts.

   Later we walked inside the walls at St Louis Gate for dinner. The old city restaurant was built in the 1700's and had a warm fireplace. We went to the carnival grounds again at night to see the lights and have our picture taken with Bonhomme, the carnival mascot. Mary was pleased to see there were many Christmas holiday lights and decorations still up; I was wondering if it was just too cold to take them down.