Last weekend we spent a lot of time down town Ottawa, and its winter festival time. First we went for a nice walk along the Parlament buildings, looked at the view and enjoyed the really nice weather we had (not too cold or not too warm, just "Lagom").
After our first walk, we went to see a Northern Lights trade show and performance . We watched drum dancers (I only got one sketch in this day), and heard throat singers and also heard a really good native Inuit metal band. Lindsay really liked the music, and two nice ladies beside us heard her cheering and saw me drawing (I know, what a pair we are) and they took us back stage and we got to meet the drum dancers and the band.
Afterwards we walked down to the Rideau Canal, where the worlds longest ice skating rink is open during the winter festival "Winter Lude". The part you see here is right down town and its packed with people and the the rink stretches all long the canal (I think its about 5+ km long).
And there is tons of different programs, music and food all around the city and the canal. And we of course had to get one treat "Beaver Tails", yep, good old crispy on the outside and mushy on the inside Tails with a nice sprinkle of cinnamon and sugar mmmmmm...
Lindsay couldn't wait to sink her teeth in to her tail : ) Its a good treat, but something you can only eat once a year (it loves to hit the hips after).
It was a perfect day and evening, I only got one sketch in, but got a lot of pictures. After we enjoyed all the festivities down town, we walked (worked of the tails) and enjoyed the lights around town (its really pretty with all the different colour lights and the snow on the ground). Perfect time!!!
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