QUEBEC WINTER CARNAVAL
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In Bon Appetite
Canadian 
"Food and Wine" expert Gael Arthur  reports on the Carnaval and brings you a 
"Taste of Quebec"

“Fun without ability”
 
  In Quebec you don’t have to be able to ski to enjoy the winter. 
 We  check out  the alternatives.    

February is fun time for Festivals.

Events include: The spectacular 
Venice Carnival February 16 to 27

 In Australia 
there is the 
Sydney 
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras,
 Feb 9 - March 3.

 In the 
Canary Islands February is carnival time all over Tenerife with the two biggest take place in the island's capital Santa Cruz 
(24-28 February) and at 
Puerto de la Cruz (19 Feb - 4 March)

Carnival in Cadiz, Spain
 February 21-27,
 
  in Louisiana, USA,  there is 
Mardi Gras 
in 
New Orleans  French Quarter  February 21 – 27

Rio hosts probably one of the wildest parties you'll ever go to,
running from 
24th to 27th Feb.
with parades being
organised by samba schools.  Musicians tune up in the surrounding bars
and then dancers follow them through the streets. 

And of course in Quebec 
the worlds largest Winter Carnival

 
CHILL OUT AT QUEBEC 


The worlds largest winter festival is a kaleidoscope of events ranging from the fancy dress of a  Mardi Gras parade to the excitement of Dog Sled Racing through the streets. Jollying the whole thing along is the central figure is a giant snowman called Bonhomme who is much cuddled by children - and adults. 

  The big canoes of the  carnival race dodge between ice floes on  the St Lawrence River.  This event is serious stuff and demands courage, even the car ferries have to smash a path through it. They dislodge mini icebergs the size of cars.
A trip as a foot passenger makes a great sightseeing bargain and  you get an excellent view of the city's fortifications    

 The streets of the original settlement around 
Rue du Petit-Champlain  now contain boutiques, galleries and restaurants.   It being Carnival time, outside many of them are beautiful ice sculptures.  


There is cool art on practically every street corner and  an international snow carving event that features:       
                                         

      The Night of The Long Knives’

For the visitor there are  excursions and at Valcartier you can go  "snow-rafting"  on the "Tornado."   
It"s an eight passenger sliding boat that shoots down the slide while others who are in even less control spin on inner tubes and crazy carpets.

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