Heritage Day Part 2

The Heritage Festival was much more then just singing and dancing. There was also food. Amazing, wonderful, tasty food!

We tried to taste as many delicious things as possible, and could have went back for more. This is a sample of what we ate.

Mango Smoothies from Congo

Sticky Rice and Mango from Thailand.

I definitely ate 2 plates of this. One of my favorite foods ever!

These were from Mexico. I forget what they are called, but I could have ate many more

These were from Panama. One was cheese and one was chicken. If they were warm, they might have been better.

And of course Crepes from France. For some reason crepes always make me think of Taladega Nights. If you have seen the movie, you know why.

Can't wait to go back and have some more wonderful next year!

Heritage Days Part 1

This past weekend us Canadian's got a long weekend thanks to a holiday know as Heritage Days. Although most do not do anything to celebrate it, the City of Edmonton, hosts its annual festival... The Heritage Festival.

This festival is one of the best attended events in the city, especially since it only runs for 3 days. The festival is made up of different countries from around the world. They bring a taste of their culture to Edmontinians. They do this through food, dance, music, and whatever else makes their country unique.

Today I am going to feature the culture elements, and save the food for tomorrow. Have to keep you coming back for more!

The festival is held at Hawrlack park. This is also where we go skating in the winter!

We went to Ukraine and listened to folk music.

Huge disappointment when they had ran out of peroggies!

We made a stop at India and watched the beautiful dancing

Also at the Netherlands to listen to the whistle/bell machine. It was pretty cool And Scandinavia as well
China was also on our list of places we visited
We stopped at Russia and met Marcus's mother! And then dressed up like little Russian dolls I think my blonde hair matches a bit better the Brett's

And of course we had to stop at Thailand. Oh how I have missed you! We watched the fire dance And the beautiful Thai women show off the Thai silks.

It was an awesome night! I can say that I will definitely go back next year. The food alone is worth the trip.

Discovering the City

Although I have lived in Edmonton for 2 years exactly today (wow time flies) there are many parts of the city that I have not discovered yet.

Last night Brett and I decided to go skating at Hawrelak Park last night. Neither of us had ever been in that area, and heard that it really was beautiful.

Lets just say that it definitely did not disappoint. While down there it seems like you are not even in the city anymore. There is a huge pond that is great for skating, and even a little building to put your skates on in.

Around the area there were lots of people running, snowshoeing and cross country skiing. It really is a neat area. In the summer it is also home to lots of festivals and just a great place to get away.

We are planning to go back a few more times this week, so I will make sure to bring my camera this time!

Ice on Whyte

Last night Shaun and I went to the Ice on Whyte festival. Not only was it really cool to see, but it also helped be accomplish one of my 101 in 1001!

Shaun in the Ice House

Ice on Whyte is put on by the city. It is $2 to get in and you can spend as much time in there as you would like.

Ice sculpturest's from around the world come to take part in the competition. There were sculptures of everything from animals to people. There was also a sweet ice slide, and an ice house.

1st Place

2nd Place- Done by an artist at Armena (just for you Bethan)

I am pretty sure that it was done by Rusty Cox- his dad is a good friend of our family

The ice slide, it was like you were a doing luge or skeleton.

It runs until the end of the weekend, but if you get a chance go check it out! I would suggest going at night while all of the sculptures are lit up.