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The Little Train that could...
... for a while and winter had truly arrived. I was treated to magnificent half-frozen lakes, mountains and snow covered trees, amazing! We had to stop breifly near Jasper to allow a freight train to pass by and as we sat there I saw a wolf near the tracks! He hung about for a while obviously looking for food, it was very cool to see!
It was then time to arrive into Jasper, completely covered in snow and surrounded by mountains....
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Northern Lights
... it sits on a convergence of a coupe of rivers, whose mixing sediment gave it it's name. We were looking forward to seeing Winnipeg, as it is in the middle of nowhere and contains a highly rated gallery of native Canadian art, which the itinerary said we would be able to visit. One of the reasons we booked this trip is that we wouldn't be able to see Winnipeg otherwise, as it's too difficult to get to. We pulled into the 'Forks' area of Winnipeg and Casey told us we had ...
A second day in Winnipeg
... and everybody was enjoying the afternoon sunshine.
From there I made my way back to the Portage calling in at the 'Bay' - the modern day incarnation of the Hudson's Bay Company shop, a department store. I was glad to to picked up although the traffic was unusually heavy. A further 6 mile city street hike - see more photos here! The evening brought another opportunity to watch a film. More about that ...
Home Sweet Home
... change in my trip. I really can’t thank Felipe enough for the kindness the generosity and the fabulous time he showed me. Even writing this I have tears in my eyes. That was one of the hardest goodbyes for me.
It also was a slap in the face when I finally left Santiago! Damn you Felipe you had pampered me!!! Hahah, I was so safe, secure, loved and comfortable and then BAM I was alone and I didn’t speak the language and I had all ...
Departure Day!!
... rave on about it and I was expecting more.
We got to Toronto airport and had a couple of hours layover there. It was a late flight so the airport departure area was pretty quiet. The nice thing about a late flight was that my bedtime hours coincided with it. After watching 127 hours and an episode of An Idiot Abroad, I popped a gravol and was able to catch a few hours of sleep until we got to Frankfurt.
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