Winterlude Festival 2017 | Ottawa

 

This year we managed to take a lightning ride at ottawa's traditional winter festival, Winterlude. We ended up going on the last weekend of the festival and luckily we caught a beautiful day with mild temperatures and with the Rideau Canal still open (it was closed at 11 pm that same day due to positive degrees).

 

The only downside, let's say, is that everyone had the same idea and the whole of downtown Ottawa was crowded. The canal was full of families, skaters and passers-by, the ice sculpture area was in long lines and the Rideau Centre (shopping mall super close) was also full. So we had a lot of patience and we left come to be able to admire some of the details and taste the Beaver Tail, but still, we thought it was very worth it.

 

It is worth remembering that those who want to skate in the canal and are only visiting Ottawa at the time or do not have the "ice skates", there is a rental option there on the same ice. The lines were long for this, as well as for the other services of snacks and souvenirs within the Rideau Canal, this past weekend.