Hotel de glace

It was a bit of a mission to hire a car today.  All you travellers you know what I mean,  arranged something with a company on the phone and when you get there they dont honour what they said, throw in the french language barrier and a bit of a messy start to the day.

We eventually got on the road and went to the Hotel de glace.  You may have heard about it.  Its the hotel they build every winter out of ice.  It takes them 5 weeks to build and the season is only 8 weeks long.

Alot of work but its pretty amazing when you see it.  The beds have deer skins on them but thats about it.  We went and had a cocktail at the bar and even the glasses are made out of ice.  Its such a fun place.  They also have a slide made out of ice.  Apparently they did 42 weddings there last year.  They built a chapel too.  

They have been building and pulling it down for the last 11 years.

On the way home we grabbed some 'poutine' which is a really weird Canadian tradition.  Apparently its made best in Quebec.  Basically its chips mixed with gravy with a particular cheese on top.  Were not sold on the idea.  Maybe its like when you taste Vegemite in Australia?

Adam and Rieley are going to hit another ski mountain tomorrow and Jay and I are going 'absorbez l'atmosphère' Soak up the atmosphere.