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Monthly Archives: January 2019
All five of us had never seen snow before! We arrived at night and it was snowing! The ground was covered in snow and it glitters! I never realised that snow would glitter! It has been pretty much snowing every couple of days since we have been here so there has been no shortage of snow play for us to have! We have made a snowman, snow balls, an igloo and snow… Read More
We have managed to adapt fairly seamlessly in to Canadian life. We’re not sure if we are still in the honeymoon period, but now that the kids are at school our daily routine isn’t super different… apart from allowing an extra half an hour (kids!) to put all our snow gear on before heading out! We have been truly lucky to have such amazing exchange partners to exchange lives with and are… Read More
Edmonton is a city that embraces the cold weather! Nearly every weekend since we have been here there has been an outdoor winter festival to check out. And these festivals have been magical! Filled with fairy lights, ice sculptures, snow sculptures, ice slides and maple syrup taffy. The Deep Freeze festival was a lively festival that celebrated Ukrainian, Francophone and Indigenous cultures. Highlights of this festival that we stumbled across were two… Read More
After we found out we would be exchanging to Edmonton I hopped on google and the Edmonton Ice Castles were the first thing that came up! They looked amazing (especially to someone who had never seen snow) so of course they were the first thing added to our Edmonton bucket list! Imogen dressed herself from head to toe in her ‘Frozen’ clothes for the visit, although you couldn’t tell once she was… Read More
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