Lori and I are born and raised Winnipeggers. We left in 1989, and look forward to our visits as most of our families still reside there. Lori had actually spent the whole month of September there as she had family matters to take care of. I joined her at the end of the month for a few days prior to embarking on our adventure to Ontario and Quebec. We had a great visit with our families which involved very little touring around. We did manage to squeeze in a few family dinners, both at home and in restaurants. Of course we managed to sneak in a few drinks as well. Thanks to all for providing us with some relaxing days and nights. Contrary to the proverb, of course you can go home again.
Some highlights:
This is the Human Rights Museum being built at The Forks in downtown Winnipeg. A noble endeavour and some interesting architecture.
I have always wondered about this. The city built a pedestrian bridge across the Red River, using what appears to be a phallic symbol to hold it up. An interesting choice for a centrepiece structure. The other thing I found strange was placing a restaurant in the middle of said bridge. I’m not sure what they were thinking, but why would they place this in the middle of a foot bridge in a city that sees 30 below on a regular basis. I can see people lining up to get in on an especially cold evening after walking a mile or so from where they parked their vehicle.
Now for the food and drink.
We had a great meal at Hungs Restaurant (excellent name that goes with the phallic theme) which we followed up with a dessert of deep fried bananas, with ice cream. The entire meal was washed down with a few bottles of Tsingtao, a Chinese beer.
The local beer that I imbibed was Fort Garry Dark Ale. A great tasting beer, very smooth and rich. One of those beers that can only be savoured and not chugged. One, or maybe two should be enough for most before moving on to less rich varieties.
As a final note, thanks to John and Cec for putting us up for the time we were there, and thanks to Gord and Cheryl for the large dinner party. It was great to see all again, hope to see you at Christmas.
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Glad you enjoyed your trip to my hometown. Hope you come back soon.
Always love going back home. Jets up 3-1 in Philly. It is all good.