On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Fernando <[email protected]> wrote: > This year my wife and I have decided to finally embrace the Canadian > winter, so we joined a ski club and went to Quebec for our first > three-days long weekend ski trip. We didn't do so much skiing (you > can't call that thing I do skiing anyway) but this gave me the chance > to visit Quebec city. Quebec struck me as nice picturesque > european-like city; I don't recall seen so much snow together in my > life. > > I also had the chance to check out The Ice Hotel (which is, well, a > hotel made of ice); the ice-carving work done on the walls is > impressive, considering the hotel will eventually melt away and be > rebuilt next year. Note to myself: next time I should remember to > bring my flash (how often you are sure you can bounce your light on > ice-white walls...) > > Anyway, I put together some snaps, nothing fancy: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/sets/72157613712387083/show/ >
Terrific series, Fernando! As you know, Quebec City and Montreal tend to get a lot more snow and get much colder than Toronto does. I grew up in Montreal, but never made it to Quebec City's Winter Carnival, although I always wanted to. And I always wanted to do the iced toboggan run! I don't know if I want to stay at the Ice Hotel. Even with those fur blankets, it must be cold to sleep there. I think I'd prefer the Chateau Frontenac! ;-) Thanks for sharing. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
