Montreal New Years Eve 2010 :: the Blog

I was reading through the Mirror, le Voir and tons of sites online to figure out what’s happening in Montreal this week-end, but I can’t find anything interesting to write about (if you do know of a cool event, just post a comment about it). I was banging my head against the wall in desperation and hoping that an interesting topic would pop in my head.

Then a colleague of mine mentioned the Carnival, and I went: “Yes, I am going to Quebec city to party and ski, but that’s only next week end, for the last days of the Winter Carnival, so it’s too early to talk about that”, a innocent and truthful statement, to which the answer was “What Quebec city are you talking about? I was talking about the Rio Carnival” (which I should have understood right away, considering that my colleague is, luckily for him, Brazilian).

And that’s genius.

The Quebec Winter Carnival is always lots of fun. There’s the freezing cold allowing tons of activities like hockey, bobsleigh, skiing and naked snow wrestling. The warm “caribou” served and drank on the street, finally restoring our human dignity and giving us freedom to get intoxicated on the streets. And finally the packed bars and clubs, full with human beings trying to forget the cold.

Or maybe trying to pretend they are in Rio.

Because the Rio Carnival is the real stuff. It’s summer in Rio. It’s full with people in Rio. And all these people want to do for a couple of days is: dance, party and indulge in all sorts of debaucherous activities. They don’t have to worry about freezing to death, so they don’t need the tasty “caribou”. All they have to worry is finding their way back home at the end of the carnival.

I love the Quebec Carnival, I’m going for sure. But I wish I went to Rio.

VS

I think there really is no competition here, Bonhomme des Neiges finishes last (unfortunately for him).