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frakkin_eh in fate_and_time

Alight at Night

Dec 30, 2010 22:45

We had such a lovely time this evening I just had to share it with you ladies. About 45 minutes south-east of Ottawa is a place called Upper Canada Village, which is basically a little park that depicts a mid 19th century village in that area.

Each year they open up for a few weeks in the winter over the holidays. It is called Alight at Night ( Read more... )

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tayryn December 31 2010, 03:53:44 UTC

oh... that sounds just utterly delightful! truly it does.

so... next year... can i come visit? tis only an eight hour drive for me... lol! it and meeting my friend would make it worth the long drive!!

seriously though... it does sound wodnerful!! that would be somethng to see, and i am so tickled the boys had such a good time!!

frakkin_eh December 31 2010, 03:59:32 UTC

Oh it was!!! The whole way home I kept thinking... "No matter how tired you are when you get home you've just GOT to post something to Fate and Time about this evening"

My sister-in-law and I took the kids last year but they were too little to really enjoy it and Owen had a sore arm last year so it wasn't all that fun. But this year.... OH MY GOD!

so... next year... can i come visit? tis only an eight hour drive for me... lol! it and meeting my friend would make it worth the long drive!!
ABSOLUTELY! I'm thinking we should have a Fate and Time convention and hold it there! LOL

tayryn December 31 2010, 15:06:34 UTC

ooooh... a Fate and Time convention! i'm all for that!

would be fun to watch the movie with people who love it, too... and then to wander about there with like-minded people...

frakkin_eh December 31 2010, 15:16:35 UTC

ould be fun to watch the movie with people who love it, too... and then to wander about there with like-minded people..

- no kidding. next year I'll take pictures for y'all

kosmikdawg December 31 2010, 14:29:51 UTC

The place sounds amazing and like you and the family had a wonderful time.

Thanks for the links; interesting stuff. A life-size gingerbread house? Now that would have been fun to make. :)

frakkin_eh December 31 2010, 15:15:46 UTC

Yep, it was tons of fun

A life-size gingerbread house? Now that would have been fun to make. :)

- I'm not so sure about that. I made a small one with the boys and that was hard enough LOL. I'm not so sure how much of the house was actually gingerbread... I should have asked. The Whole thing can't be made of gingerbread or it would get all soggy and mushy when it snowed... wouldn't it?

kosmikdawg December 31 2010, 17:58:51 UTC

Yeah, it would get all soggy. I bet it's probably made to look like a gingerbread house with goodies inside. :) I haven't made a GB house in years. Should do one in the new year. :)

missbevcrusher December 31 2010, 19:07:45 UTC

As soon as I saw it I thought to myself missbevcrusher would love this!

You thought right, my dear. I definitely would have loved that. Thank you so much for sharing your experience here. Parks like that are magical in the sense that they can transport us back in time in a way. ♥

I'm so glad you had a good time. If ever I find myself in that part of the country, it sounds like a place I would very much like to visit.

Thanks again for writing all this.

And happy new year!!!

frakkin_eh December 31 2010, 19:26:38 UTC

Happy New Year to you too my friend.

As for the park, I can't wait to go this summer when it is in full operation. From what I understand (although I'm not 100% sure) I think the employees actually live there for weeks at a time and run the village as though they would have back in the 1860's. I can't wait to check it out.