Deja Vu at the Ruins of St. Paul's

Are you a long time reader of Lauren Loves Noodles? Then it's time to test your memory.

Look closely at the picture above. Notice anything familiar?

That is a snow sculpture from my trip to the Sapporo Snow Festival that is being colored with projection mapping. Every night of the festival, all the large sculptures were projected upon with lights and music. It was a neat counterpoint to the snowy white scenery you could see throughout the day.

Pretty neat right? This sculpture was, by far, my favorite of the entire festival. Something about it just kept me doing d

Here are some other outrageous colors.

Beautiful right? The whole time I was watching it, I kept thinking to myself, "this giant snow castle looks oddly familiar..."

Then suddenly, it clicked. I had seen that structure before.

The real life version of my favorite snow sculpture

Here's a close up:

The Ruins of St. Paul's College

If you've been following me since my Hong Kong study abroad experience, you might remember my trip to Macau in February of 2013. It was there that I visited The Ruins of St. Paul's College for the first time and took these photos.

In Sapporo, I was treated to a neon bright snow sculpture version. What a blast from the past!

The St. Paul Snow Sculpture was apparently sponsored by the Macau Tourism Board, to try and get more people to visit Macau. And people should! I thought Macao was a vibrant place, filled with unique Portuguese buildings, Chinese-influenced culture, and crazy casinos (if you're into that sort of thing). There's really nowhere like it in the whole world.

It felt so strange to have this massive structure appear in my life twice, once the real thing, and once, an equally impressive snow sculpture version.

So if you recognized it right away, give yourself a pat on the back.

Let's celebrate three years of noodles!