km these days: 0 biking, a lot walking!
What started as one day off turned into three. Winnipeg just stole our hearts. There is so much to do in this beautiful old city. It's even better than Moose Jaw and we thought that was the holy grail.
The history of our country is ever more evident the further east we get. Just walking around the city occupied us for hours on end. The architecture is old stone with elaborate columns, engravings and sculptures. Picture taking took up a lot of our time here. There seemed to be a picture opportunity around every corner, and at every time of day as the lighting changed.
If your look really closely you'll see the "doves" (don't you mean pigeons Brandon? Yeah that's what I mean)
There are early 1900s advertisements like this on many of the buildings
Chinatown street scene
You can also see the huge art influence in the city, evident in this, one of many murals around the city (they blow the Moose Jaw murals out of the water)
This, you may be interested to know is the coldest corner in the world (courtesy of Kim Field, former Winnipeg resident)A trio of lanterns from around the city:
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