2015 Winter Celebration at Rideau Hall

The one-day Winter Celebration at Rideau Hall is to celebrate winter traditions, sports, and foods from various Nordic countries and Inuit groups.  I heard about this event last year and have yet visited Rideau Hall since I moved to Ottawa, so I thought today is a great opportunity to do both things.

Entrance sign.

Sign for today's event.


Rideau Hall.  There were too many people waiting in line for everything, so I didn't tour inside the building.


Horse-drawn wagon ride.


Handsome horse.


The horses taking visitors down the path for a short wagon ride.

Down the path.

Ice rink.


Swiss alphorn.


Norway Giant Skis that can hold eight people at once.  Looks entertaining.


The event that attracted the largest crowd (besides the lines waiting for free food) was dog sledding.


Beautiful dogs.


Happy dogs.




Marche!

Then there were these ridiculous long lines of hungry people.

Swiss food - Raclette with potatoes.

Scrapping off the melted (and interesting-smelling) cheese.

The longest line (serving the largest portion) was for the German dish - Kartoffelpuffer.

Frying grated potatoes.


Apple sauce on the potato pancake.

The prize after almost an hour wait.

The event was fairly entertaining so I will try and attend again next winter.