Quebec City

A few weekends ago some friends and I went to Quebec City for Carnival. Our first mini-road trip together! Quebec City was beautiful, I felt like I was in Europe again.

One of our main goals on this trip was to find Bonhomme. Or just-- a bon homme.

Highlights of the trip:
-Our plastic trumpets. Which, unfortunately, were lost by the end of the night. But were so awesome while we had them.
-The really trippy Carnival parade. Why were there so many balloon animal formations?
-The outdoor dance party. Only in Canada would you have an outdoor dance party in -25.
-Jean playing the piano for us
-Mini-quiches at 3am
-Singing the car. Trying to think what the songs of our lives would be and just after we got lost in Montreal Blue Rodeo said it best. "When we're lost, we are lost together..."
-Jean trying not to lose us in Montreal and stopping every so often and asking his friends: "Where are the 4 anglophones?!"
-A little Quebecois guy telling us our french accents were "special".
-Looking for Bonhomme. Singing the Bonhomme song. "Bonhomme, bonhomme, bonhomme, bonhomme, bonhomme"

Minorities on Ice

This weekend I took part in a quintessentially Ottawa activity- skating on the canal. The canal runs through town and quite a few people actually skate to work/school when it freezes over in the winter. Some friends and I decided to get out there and skate (my first time in a couple of years). Skating is the one winter activity I can actually sort of do (unlike skiing and snowboarding) so I was in! I did manage to wipe out once while I was trying to talk on my cell phone. I ended up catching my skate in a rut and fully wiping out. As I was attempting to gracefully get up again I heard a lady skate by and say to her friend "Oh, she was on her cell phone". Thanks lady.

As well, my friend Nicole turned and said to me "Aruna, look around, we're the only minorities here, we're surrounded by white people". We then agreed in the future we have to choreograph a "Minorities on Ice" routine. Stay tuned!

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