Señor Kwas: Heritage Day in Edmonton

August brings 2 things in Alberta....hot weather and the Heritage Day Festival and so the Kwasny's and the Maas's went looking for their long lost relatives in Edmonton and here is what
we found. We were treated to +30 C temperatures, thousands of people and food that was almost as good as Gigi K's...don't tell her I said that! We started out around noon and did not stop until 5 pm and still we did not see every booth.....this is one big event and it draws on every nation in the

world it seems. Being that I am such a good navigator (not sure who I got the training from) mom and Amanda took the map away from me and gave it Jeremy to lead us around...he didn't do to bad for a rookie.

Grandma found a new friend although I'm not sure who had the most makeup on....opps, maybe I should take that back, but Grandpa also found a cute little papoose and was she ever cute and boy could she dance. The whole day was filled with great traditional costumes, dancing, singing and fantastic food. We gorged ourselves on Elephant ears, Grand Marnier crepes and other dishes that I couldn't even pronounce or spell but were as delicious as that smelled. Overall though the booth we enjoyed the most was the African children's dancing (check out their video in the photo album) as these kids keep this tempo up all day, in the heat and never disappointed anyone.....they are truly a remarkable people. On the other hand after walking in the heat for over 5 hour and drinking about 10 bottles of water the four of us were bagged and ready for home, so it was back on the bus and homeward bound after a fabulous day of ethnic delights and