posted by alex on Jul 8
In case some of you were wondering, Dave and I didn’t beg for money in Regina! We just saw the sign on the ground and thought it would make a funny picture (note the desperate look in our faces 🙂 )
Last night Paul invited me to a pot luck that was going on at his coworkers’ house. Let me tell you that I really got my full! I got news from Dave, he made it to Winnipeg but he also had a hard time making it because of the roads and the traffic. Today Paul and I rode around the city and visited the exchange district (plenty of turn-of-the-century buildings that give the city a Chicago-esque atmosphere), the forks (a series of parks where the Assiniboine River and the Red River meet) , St-Boniface (the french quarter of Winnipeg), the site of the upper Fort Garry (a fur trading post for HBC), the burial site of Louis Riel (need I say more?), the legislature building and Fort Gibraltar (a fur trading post for the Northwest Company). Winnipeg is quite larger than I expected and the streets are pretty lively.
Tonight my hosts treated me to a wonderful supper at a small french restaurant. My stay in Winnipeg was great, I will surely come back some time. Thank you to the Girard family for everything it was nice meeting all of you!
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