Maya, Here We Come!: March 2014

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Ice Hotel

One of the reasons we chose to go skiing at Mont Sainte Anne was so we could visit the Ice Hotel. I have always wanted to see it and it did not disappoint! It was really something to see!

We decided to do the tour only and not stay overnight as I had heard it could be very cold and I figured the kids would be up half the night complaining. As it was, the daytime tour was freezing!!!! Wish I had worn my snow pants! We got some very cool photos though and the kids enjoyed the ice slide. Check out the pictures from our tour....

Sitting in the hotel reception area

Another view of the reception and chandelier

Maya standing in the LED -lit bar

Mike and Aidan in the bar

The family at the front entrance

The chapel where weddings are held

The Frozen inspired room, complete with ice slide

The kids loved the slide!

Maya looks like a little polar bear

Carol sitting in the reception

Carol, Maya,and Aidan at the front desk....Aidan is licking the ice and strangely his tongue did not stick

Cool shot of Aidan in the main reception room

Typical hallway

The prettiest ice bed we saw

Mike and Maya freezing their butts off on ice chairs

The Viking room

Me and Mike "enjoying" our drinks in ice glasses in the bar. I really wanted at hot chocolate by this point...we were so cold!

Another view of the bar

The Longest Winter Ever

It's been a while since I have posted. When we have not been embracing winter, we have been hibernating. This winter has been one of the longest and coldest in many, many years. We did manage to get out and try some interesting winter sports...some for the first time. I taught Maya how to skate and she picked it up very quickly. We also went snow tubing for the first time and couldn't believe how fast those tubes whipped down the hill!

The kids both continued with their skiing lessons. Aidan is now quite a good skier and Maya has great control for her age. In February, we took a short skiing trip to Holiday Valley in Ellicottville New York, which was a very nice resort. We also just returned from a ski trip to Mont Sainte Anne outside Quebec City. There was a crazy amount of snow there, even at the end of March. We enjoyed the skiing and the beautiful views during the day. Maya was always keen to go hot tubbing at night!

Besides skiing we took a fun tour of the Ice Hotel (which will be the subject of the next post) and went dog sledding for the first time. We even got to drive the sleds! Here are a few photos from our winter adventures.....