Winterlude

This Sunday, La Lissa and I got on to the ice with hundreds of thousands of other Ottawans: the Byward canal is frozen over and coffee and cocoa stands line the 7 km route from near our house and on into the down town. We don't have skates, but walking was fine. Through most of February the Winderlude festival goes on with events all over the ice. For the most part, La Lissa and I are pleasantly surprised by the Ottawa Winter. The cold is not bad and the sun shines A LOT.