On February 11-13 there was a trip to Québec organized by the French Club (thanks, Jen, we really appreciate that). The Carnaval de Québec had already started by that time and there were a lot of activities going on. We were lucky to have quite high temperatures, usually from about -10ºC to -20ºC, with light winds and sunny weather most of the time.

I stayed in a room at the Ramada Inn together with Guido, Alison and Sandra.

Here are my pictures of this trip

On the place des jardins there are a lot of activities going on during the winter carnaval (which is sponsored mainly by Kellogg's).	Some of the snow sculptures. A lot of artists from different nations (including Germany) contributed.
This is the bain de neige, the snow bath. Crazy people taking a refreshing bath at -10ºC. For details see next picture.	Extreme snow bathing...
Ice climbing is one of the fun activities offered there.	This is Maria knee-deep in the snow on top of the old city wall.
This picture was taken from the top of the city wall. On the left you can see the ice skating place.	La place d'Youville with outdoor ice skating.
Some of us dancing on the stage at the place d'Youville. Including Aurélie, Claire, Maria S., Martin, Maria F., Sandra.	Here you can see again how nice a city can look if it's covered with snow. This was the Grande Allée if I remember correctly.
This is Aurélie after one of the snow fights.	It was kind of difficult to take a picture of the ice castle. This is only one of the rooms.
The River Saint Laurent looked great with all the ice drifting on it.	Last but not least: a nice group picture. On the left you can see Alison sitting on Markus Kaiser's lap.