Oh and getting to canada kind of sucked, outside of the typical vaccinate + PCR test requirement, they had a separate and completely useless arrivecan app that asked you a 2nd time, in a completely different system, the same info you had already given the same government, to board the plane. Of course, the app and the website both failed for me, so I went through a bunch of extra crap to enter the country. Could have been worse though, the lucky that got selected for yet another covid test on entry, ended up in a 2H line before they could enter the country:

honestly all this feels utterly pointless by now

But eh, there was snow, so there is that:

cool thing I spotted from the plane, people built an ice racetrack on the frozen river

I braved the cold to go see the beautiful cathedral again, and it was closed, sigh

Bonsecour market opened late (11:00) and not much was open inside

there was a boat spa that was open

Nico met me for a nice lunch

and we went to play with his train :)

After I was done with the ice experience, we had a reasonable snow dump, made driving back a bit more fun :)

you can drag your kid in the streets

I met my friends again for lunch befoe heading back to the airport:

Nico met me for a nice lunch

and they dragged the kid back home :)