#RomancingWinter at Viamede Resort
For most people living in southern Ontario, this year will go down in the books as "The Winter that Wasn't", an entire season almost devoid of snow and particularly unkind to those who love skiing and snowmobiling. But even with this unseasonably warm weather, Henk and I still managed to get out to enjoy some of what winter has to offer at Viamede Resort in the Kawartha Lakes district –...
Embracing the cold at Québec’s Hôtel de Glace (Ice Hotel)
I learned a LOT about the cold on a recent trip to Québec City. Not just because the temperatures plummeted to -27C while I was there (that's -17 Fahrenheit, for those of us who remember!), but also because I had a chance to talk to experts who deal with the cold all the time - and are huge advocates of it, in fact! Those experts were actually able to convince me that cold can be good for me,...
“Joyeux Carnaval!” at the World’s Biggest Winter Carnival
Decades before Disney romanticized the world of snow and ice in its Frozen fairytale, I have childhood memories of seeing a larger-than-life snowman with a red sash and huge smile, waving at crowds of people from a glittering palace made entirely out of blocks of ice. I'm not talking about Olaf, of course, I'm talking about Québec's ambassador for the world's largest winter carnival, Bonhomme...