Ottawa Winter Festival

One of the few perks of living somewhere really cold is that there are really fun things going on to try to keep peoples spirits up.  Lately, there have been winter festivals going on in Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa,  Last weekend Forest and I went to the Ottawa Winter Festival.  It was really fun but crowded.  Ottawa is the capital of Canada so we also got to see the Parliament building.  We were only allowed to go in five rooms and the peace tower.  The parliament building had burned down but the original library was still intact.  The library was my favorite room. 

The Parliament Building- I was really hoping to see some mounties but there weren't any

Library

House meeting room

Senate meeting room- the chair upfront is for the Queen

View of Ottawa from the Peace Tower

Leah eating a beavertail

Deliciousness

Us at the ice sculpture contest

Ice sculpture- theater heads

Ice Sculpture

Rideau Canal- the world's largest skating rink