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Travel Blogs from Winnipeg, Canada
Less than 24 hours before takeoff!
... Guatemala for quite some time, and after years of tentative plans, its all starting to come together now. My flight leaves Winnipeg at 6:20am and after what i'm sure will be a very long day, will finally arrive in Guatemala City at 9:05pm. ...
Off to See Sam Get Married
Left Ottawa to fly to Winnipeg to pick up a rental car to drive to Kenora to go to Sam's Wedding on the Weekend. It will be the W. Pekarchuk's first Grandchild to be married. Mark Carlson is the lucky groom. We should arrive in ...
12 Days Left in Winnipeg!!
Only 12 days left until Leanne and I start off on our worldly adventure! We've test packed our packs...and amazingly enough it fits all my stuff and only weighs about 30lbs! We bought pretty much everything we need, two days left of ...
Socials and Classes
... time difference and cultural differences in general. I have been pretty surprised at just how many differences there are between Canada and Australia, I can’t help but feel everyone is staring at me because they don’t understand what ...
A trip to The Forks
After Riding Mountain we headed for Winnipeg and hopefully some internet connectivity! Having been cut off for a while again we're anxious to get on line and catch up on a few things. You’d think that would be easy in a city as big as Winnipeg, but ...
Home!
Nice to sleep in your own bed after 3 weeks. I seem to not be suffering from jet lag so that is a plus. What a wonderful ...
So Long Ontario!!
... going on when we got there, so we decided to just keep driving! We drove right through the longitudinal center of Canada which is just outside of Winnipeg which is where will spend the night! We are in a hotel tonight as we got in really late. ...
Into Canada
Show my passport for the second time. Enter Manitoba. Arrive in Winnipeg. Dinner at the ...
Coming Soon....
The countdown has begun... only 6 more sleeps until G, the boys and I fly off over the ocean to G's homeland... Switzerland. This will be my first time in Switzerland and I'm really looking forward to it! It will also be the first time I've ...
To the Mint, the market, and the food store!
... each got a commemorative coin as a souvenir from our visit at the mint. After our tour at the mint, we headed into downtown Winnipeg to check out the Forks National Historic Site, and the Forks Market (similar to Granville Island Market). We were slightly ...
Good-Bye Thoughts
Well I have been back at home now for almost a week. I must say its really not the same anymore. After sharing a room with up to 10 people and having people around you 24/7, its really so quiet and lonely. As much as I love my parents company, and ...
One day to go!
Well with only 30 hours to go before our departure things are getting interesting.A snow storm and a foot of snow later; good old Winnipeg is showing us what happens to those who try to flee the ...
The last leg
... their wedding 3 years ago. It was great to get back in touch and spend some time with old friends. The drive home from Winnipeg was fairly uneventful, but we did get to see some great wildlife that eluded us in Alberta. We saw a mother black bear ...
Winnipeg
Conference in Winnipeg at Springs Church (Wed-Fri). Donna dropped me off at the airport early ...
Travel Days
... was slightly delayed but luckily the pilot was able to make up lost time in the air. I was worried that we would be stuck in Winnipeg. Our connection times are all around the two hour mark, which is for me, just enough time to comfortably get to the next ...
Bangkok!
We had breakfast at our hotel which we soon found out later was a huge rip off, but we didn't feel like seeking out a food source in our jet lagged stupor at that time. We then walked around the streets by our hotel and saw that there were many food ...
Floating Market
Today we are off on an early start to see the Floating Markets. We signed up for a tour to take us there for half a day. The tour was pretty much much a ride to and from the markets. But seeing as the markets were well over an hour drive, it was worth ...
Temple day
Still can't sleep in even though I tried really hard to. Woke up at 5:30 and lied in bed for another hour. Went outside the hotel for breakfast from the outdoor street carts. Grabbed a Thai coffee which was excellent and only 20 cents. I bought a sausage ...
Outtatown Site 1: Guatemala Begins!
... to Winnipeg for an Urban Plunge. We lived in a church in the inner city, learned about poverty in Winnipeg and volunteered with organizations that are making a difference and helping the poor. Went to Calgary for ...
Getting to Toronto
We have had a good start to our trip. We left Winnipeg on time today at am 8:30 am and arrived in Toronto at about noon local time. As our flight to Istanbul didn't leave until 11:50 pm we had made arrangements to visit with Anne’s aunt in Toronto. ...
Any great places
Does anybody out there know any intersting places in Germany I could visit on my 6 month stay over there? If so let me know. That would be ...