August 25th

B - reporting

After a very comfy sleep (it is such luxury to not have to walk through bear- or squirrel-infested woods to go to the loo in the night) we had a tasty breakfast in our hotel then set out to see more of Winnipeg.

We walked to the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) via the SkyWalk, a network of walkways connecting most of downtown. It felt quite autumnal, though the sky was a brilliant blue. Winnipeg is windy and quite chilly even now, in late August. I am not sure if I would enjoy a winter here.*

The WAG was excellent, and we were surprised to discover that Winnipeg has the oldest civic art gallery in Canada. One of the galleries seemed to be thematically quite random, with 16th century paintings hung next to modern portraits, but this juxtaposition really made us think about the pictures in a different way.

In the afternoon we drove over to Assiniboine Park where the 20th anniversary of Ukraine Independence was being celebrated with music, dance and perogies. We also explored the lovely park.

A quiet evening in the hotel followed, catching up on email and blogging, and planning our trip through the prairies.

* Actually, I am sure. I am sure I would not enjoy it.

Very cool Civic art.

Ukrainian Festival.