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We spent the Family Day long weekend in February meeting up with a bunch of other Australian exchange teachers from all over Canada. We stayed in Canmore together and it was great to catch up over a meal and hear some familiar accents and see how they have all been setting in. The Rocky Mountains are breathtaking! We were in awe of how immense and magical they were, a vision which cannot… Read More
We bundled up and braved the -20 temperatures for this festival and it was so worth it! The Flying Canoe Volant festival celebrates French-Canadian, First Nations and Métis cultures. This festival had all the makings of a great winter festival; more ice slides to play on, snow and ice sculptures to discover and maple taffy. There were plenty of indoor activities to do while you warm up with a hot chocolate such… 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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