{"id":15328,"date":"2019-02-27T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T05:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=15328"},"modified":"2019-02-24T15:43:23","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T20:43:23","slug":"carnaval-everyone-is-doing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=15328","title":{"rendered":"Carnaval ~ Everyone is doing it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At breakfast, we decided to get a picture of our room from outside the hotel. We knew we were behind the one bank of elevators and at the end of the corridor between them was a window. We left the curtains open unevenly so the window would be easier to spot from the ground.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15324 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7329-1280x1920.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7329-1280x1920.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7329-1280x1920-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7329-1280x1920-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7329-1280x1920-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As always, we seem to migrate directly to Dufferin Terrace. This one bench was the most exposed of all of them. Getting down was one thing. Getting back up, was something completely different. I was like my friend in Scotland said once &#8220;you&#8217;re like a buck-it yowe.&#8221; Something to do with a ewe that is unable to get up.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15325 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7335-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7335-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7335-1280x853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7335-1280x853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7335-1280x853-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My little Wienerschnitzel, Buddy, is turning into quite a little ham.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15326 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7338-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7338-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7338-1280x853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7338-1280x853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7338-1280x853-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We watched the folks who were brave (crazy) enough to do the toboggan run. Hubby wanted to do it. Refer to the word in brackets above. With there being three lanes and a substantial barrier between each, you have to keep your feet tucked up into the person&#8217;s in front of your lap, or be the driver and have &#8220;vos pieds&#8221; under the curved front.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-15328-1\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/toboggan_run.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/toboggan_run.mp4\">https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/toboggan_run.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>This man and his dogs (Mona &amp; Lisa) were there every day. He&#8217;s meant to be a fur trapper. As you can see, hubby is wearing a coonskin over his head. The dogs have lovely fur beds to sit or lie down on, as well as booties to keep their feet warm and the road salt off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15330 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7341-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7341-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7341-1280x853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7341-1280x853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7341-1280x853-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I envision the streets and sidewalks in my book, <a href=\"http:\/\/mybook.to\/dufferin-terrace\" rel=\"noopener\">It Happened on Dufferin Terrace<\/a>, looking like this. I know Serenity wasn&#8217;t in Vieux-Qu\u00e9bec during the winter carnival, but still, it&#8217;s white and crisp and beautiful as it was in my book.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15334 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7345-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7345-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7345-1280x853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7345-1280x853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7345-1280x853-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We worked our way back to Rue du Petit Champlain and the park where the Smurf house and other ice sculptures were located. And yes, the wee ham is at it again. This one was too slippery for him, so he needed a bit of assistance.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15331 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7348-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7348-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7348-1280x853-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7348-1280x853-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7348-1280x853-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember the ice slide I mentioned in an earlier post? Well, here I am. Not video but it will do. Even with a long down-filled coat, it was still chilly on the butt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15332 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7351-1280x1920.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7351-1280x1920.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7351-1280x1920-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7351-1280x1920-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7351-1280x1920-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back uphill and we met up with the Mad Hatter again. This time with three of her friends. By the time this photo was taken, the third one had gone off to talk to someone else.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15333 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7352-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7352-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7352-1280x853-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7352-1280x853-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_7352-1280x853-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After another fun visit with the Mad Hatter and her friends, we carried on up the street to the Pub Saint Alexandre where we enjoyed a few drinks before returning to Simons where I bought three bottle lights. I already had a clear one so this time I got them in grey, yellow and rose. I wanted another spoon rest like the ones I bought there previously, but they didn&#8217;t have any.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the hotel with these purchases (no sense carting things around if you don&#8217;t have to).<\/p>\n<p>After a fuel stop at the hotel and having the other bottle of champagne we brought with us, we headed back inside the wall to the pub (we told the girls we&#8217;d be back). I looked up the manual for my camera and re-learned how to shoot video with it. This time it worked!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 474px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-15328-2\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ice_slide_1.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ice_slide_1.mp4\">https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/ice_slide_1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>I have two clips of hubby on the slide in front of Cosmos, but a little girl is in the other one waiting for her turn. I opted not to use that one because of that.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve really created a monster. Now the little Wienerschnitzel is taking selfies. I think he best stick to having others take his photo. His poor legs are too short to get the camera a decent distance away from himself.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15349\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190217_180354-e1551040802941.jpg\" alt=\"Carnaval\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190217_180354-e1551040802941.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190217_180354-e1551040802941-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_20190217_180354-e1551040802941-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was our last night in Vieux-Qu\u00e9bec so we wanted to make the most of it, despite the fact we turned into pumpkins around 9:00 (sometimes earlier) each night. But with the fresh air and all the walking, it&#8217;s no wonder we were tired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 14<\/strong> (and this was a travel day)<br \/>\n13,167 steps<br \/>\n5.24 miles<br \/>\n22 floors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 15<\/strong><br \/>\n17,150 steps<br \/>\n6.82 miles<br \/>\n33 floors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 16<\/strong><br \/>\n20,675 steps<br \/>\n8.22 miles<br \/>\n33 floors<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feb 17<\/strong><br \/>\n23,830 steps<br \/>\n9.48 miles<br \/>\n59 floors<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At breakfast, we decided to get a picture of our room from outside the hotel. We knew we were behind the one bank of elevators and at the end of the corridor between them was a window. We left the curtains open unevenly so the window would be easier to spot from the ground. 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