Simcoe Composite Excalibur

Yesterday the SCS Sabercuddas competed at the CWOSSA championship meet. Several athletes raced to best times! It was a great way to end the season!

Sabre entrepreneurs (or wannabe business owners) check this out! See Mrs. Stromme in Guidance to apply or get more information.

Bonhomme’s Lower Town Night Parade marks the official kick-off weekend of Carnival. Here’s a sampling of the truly spectacular 1.5-hour parade & street party full of music, dancing, Quebecois & other culture, fireworks, and more. Oh, what a time we had at our final event!

Sabre Quebec trippers have made it to the gorgeous, mini Chateau Frontenac-style Gare du Palais train station in QC to begin the long journey home. Many of us NEED sleep as we roll along the tracks today…😴

Snowshoeing across the historic site where the Battle of the Plains of Abraham took place in 1759 was memorable indeed. With apologies to many parents & guardians because once everyone set off, Mr. Dale could only get pics & videos of students in his assigned group while the others were further afield.

Bonhomme’s Ice Palace was full of Quebecois legends and lore rendered in ice (with a few animals escaped from the zoo and frozen!). Thanks to Tour Director, Katya, for sharing the sad tale of lost love & Montmorency Falls in the included video clip, where we were yesterday.

Salut Bonhomme! Fun times at the Carnaval De Quebec…

Sabres take Old Town Quebec City! ❄️

The Sugar Shack marked a perfect ending to our full day in the Beaupré area: two hours of hearty and simple traditional food, fiddling, clapping, dancing, learning about the history and importance of maple syrup & other maple products to Quebec, and warming up as a group by a fire. What fun!

Ice Hotel #2: interior shots of some of the 30 hotel rooms on offer, all of which are uniquely designed & carved by artists according to their chosen theme. By the end of our comprehensive tour, some Sabres were chilly - our school leader among them!😜 And on our way out, two of the boys just couldn’t resist trying the traditional maple taffy on snow. What a fun time we had at this uniquely Canadian site!🇨🇦✊🏼

Touring Valcartier’s internationally famous annual Ice Hotel ( #1). Pan of the front exterior; indigenous Wendat-style structure; wedding chapel; main entrance hall; the slide; a few of the many snow & ice sculptures; the Fairmont’s chill restaurant (yes, bad pun…); and some Shirley Temples, too.🤭