Viscount Hotel Winnipeg
1670 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3J 0C9, Canada
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Winterpeg
... we***** wird.
Um 7 Uhr fährt der Zug in den Bahnhof von Winnipeg ein, aber wir müssen bis 8 Uhr im Zug bleiben, da wir erst auf das Bahnhofspersonal warten müssen. Die gesamte Zugfahrt wird mit einer Menge Zeit für Halt eingeplant, weil man ständig auf Güterzüge warten muss und man nie weiß, wie das Wetter so ist. In Winnipeg schnappe ich mir dann meinen Koffer wieder und laufe zum Hostel. Eigentlich kann man erst am Nachmittag einchecken, aber ich frage einfach mal ...
Countdown
February 23rd, 2011
Canada
158 days and counting...
This trip hasn't happened yet, obviously. But things have a nasty habit of happening really fast when you stop thinking about them.
This is the first time I'm working with a B log, and this is the first trip I can actually be prepared to write about. I realized that I'll forget a lot of things if I don't write them down. Vegas, New York, Hawaii, the Philippines, ...
Safe and Sound
... tank, grab a little lunch, and take a bathroom break. Lola is such a grandma getting in and out of the car and today was no exception. I guess not all of her made it out of the car and did she ever let me know it! Add salt to the wound, she wouldn't acknowledge me or let me look at her tail. I don't think it's broken, just sore. I still feel like a terrible mom! My windshield also had ...
On our way home ...
Set off a bit later than normal, but that was because of the time zone change. We're now on Winnipeg time, whatever the technical term for that is. But it means we're nearly at the end of the journey.
Main purpose of today is to drive home, but we stopped off at Mitchell, which is the home to the only Corn Palace in the world. Its an indoor sports centre which is decorated with pictures and patterns made out of ...
Leg 3: Winnipeg-Edmonton : Across the Prairies
... the platform. I walked over to the end of the platform, in a blustery dawn, with the gentle rays of the warming sun indicating the rapidly approaching winter here.
The platform, on the eastern edge curved in from a modest looking business district, and the western end had the front portion of the train, with the 2 locos peeping out.
Seeking to get some walk and fresh food, I too stepped out. ...



