Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival

This weekend my family and I went to the Rogers Chinese Lantern Festival at Ontario Place. We started our day by going nextdoor to The Exhibition (aka The Ex) and then crossing the bridge over to Ontario Place after dinner.

The festival is a once in a lifetime opportunity since this kind of thing doesn't happen everywhere. One of the more interesting lanterns that was created was this ceramic dragon that was made completely out of Chinese plates, bowls and spoons!

Because we arrived just as the festival was starting the sky wasn't too dark yet so we had the opportunity to view the lanterns in the daylight and then again in the dark when they were lit up.

As you walked down the pathways there was a slight smell of cedar from the chips that were strewn on either side of the pathways used for visitors. This was to keep the mosquitos away since they don't like cedar, good thinking!

The festival ends on October 1st, 2006 and I would highly suggest that if you haven't seen it yet go see!