Every winter, we make sure we go skiing... Kicking Horse is one of our all time favorite! Once again, this year did not disappoint. We had really good weather on the Saturday, didn't even need a sweater, I was just skiing with 2 base layers and my jacket! It was really enjoyable. Second day was really good too except for high winds at the top which caused the closure of the gondola! Even without the gondola, the Pioneer Chair offered enough challenges for the day. The Kicking Horse run is pretty steep and fun! Best thing of all, I didn't get injured :) The highlight of the weekend was our Saturday night luxury dinner at the Eagle Eye at the top of the mountain. We had a special treatment when we took the gondola, they provided us with blankets to keep us warm.. very nice touch! The food was amazing (a bit pricey but hey what do you expect, you are the top of a mountain!). I think it was the best meal we ever had in Canada... we later learnt that the chef was actually french... that explains a lot!!! The foie gras tasted like the one we have at home, the duck tasted fantastic and the desert was perfect. I ate way too much for my own good but I have trouble saying no to good food :)

 

We finally had a lapse in the weather whereby it stopped being -30 for a week or so... It was time to buy ice skates (I've been wanting to do that for the past 3 years now) and try to enjoy the winter wonderland! Believe it or not, it is not so easy to find skates (at least for girls and for my size!!!) but we succeeded and got ourselves some reasonable skates. We went to the lake for the first time and tried our new devices... Well... it was not pretty nor elegant but it was not as bad as I thought it would be:) We even managed to go around the lake without falling... which is just pure miracle in my opinion! I had to stop a few times though, skating can be so tiring when you are tense... it got better towards the end but I didn't want to push my luck too much... one lap was more than enough for a first try out! Next time should be better :)

 

Talking about New Year, we had an awesome party thanks to our hosts extraodinaires Theresa and Alain :) First of all, it was really nice of them to invite Xav and Uta and Charlotte too! Well appreciated! And then, we had our first sushi experience...All the ingredients were ready for our very first attempt at making sushis! Wooohooo! That was just so very cool and delicious :) And then, there was the poker where yours truly finished first...I say: Very good start to the new year! Cheers everyone!