Canadian Christmas Greeting

        This year, my Christmas greetings come from far away, at least for the people who stayed home. Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies will be the place where I will spend Christmas and New Year, the fist time without the family... But it won't be so bad as I have a lot of other people here to spend some time with, this Christmas. 

         The ice castle on the lake Louise ice skate rink gives a very Christmassy atmosphere together with the glacier in the background and all the snow around, this will be my greeting for this year:

       

       I wish everyone a very Nice Christmas and a fabulous happy New Year! Enjoy every single minute with the ones you love and you have around and be proud about what you have. 

                                                                                  The best wishes,

                                                                                                Fabian 

Lake Louise Ice Rink

     Finally the ice on the lake is thick enough and the surface is sharper, everything in order to make one of the nicest, or actually the nices ice rink in the world! ...I have already been ice skating in Vancouver! but you can't compare this! it's way bigger! but it is also true that you are skating on a lake which means that you skate on a uneven surface. But that's not a big problem if you have the Rocky Mountains surrounding you while having some fun on the ice! ...my goal during this winter is to get better and better in ice skating, the starts are always difficult, but I am sure that I will do well after going a few times!

Fairview Lookout

     It's true that Lake Louise offers many activities, but it is also true that most of them are just for the summer... But there are still a few trips people can make even if there is snow everywhere. For example you can rent skis, snowboards, cross country skis or snowshoes! And that's what I did, I mean I didn't rent them all at once, but I got some snowshoes and I decided to do a quick trip to the Fairview Lookout to get a nice overview from Lake Louise, Fairmont and the Bow Valley. Snowshoeing is so tiring, at least if you have to go up, the rest is easy, you just need to be careful by going down, it can be very slippy as you can't see what's under the whole amount of snow. 

     But at the end it was completely worthwhile! Such a breathtaking view thanks to the nice weather!