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Sunday, September 21
the forks and downtown 11:31 PMThe Forks is a historic site in downtown Winnipeg, located at the confluence of the Red River and Assiniboine River. For at least 6000 years, it has been the meeting place for the early Aboriginal peoples, as well as European fur traders, settlers and immigrants alike. More recently in January 2008, The Forks has been established as the home of the longest skating rink (8.54 km long on both rivers) in the world - look out for my winter pics when the time comes!
I explored almost the whole of downtown (I think, or equivalent) on foot with Ron. The main highlight was supposedly The Forks but I ended up at many other places here and there too.
Winnipeg's Legislative Building, Assiniboine River, Union Rail Station
Winnipeg's Legislative Building, and the Golden Boy atop
The Inukshuk, and Assiniboine River Bank (somehow it looked a little like mangrove swamps leh, haha)
I just found out only Eastern Canada is well-known for its abundance of maple trees! Little wonder that I didn't see any maples on campus, except elms. But I did spot a couple near the Assiniboine River and started to pick some leaves, heh.
Union Rail Station
The Forks
Finally reached The Forks.. I'm eating some caramel pecan brittles which are really crisp and good! And that's a novelty candy store shaped to look like the Canadian Pacific train.
The Forks Market - its interior is made up of really bright and vivid colours, rendering a country finish and making it really relaxing to visit.
Trust me to take the smoking shot eh.. haha.
Downtown Winnipeg and city skyline, as viewed from The Forks' observation tower
Portage Place
After what seemed like hours, we managed to complete a whole loop around downtown, reaching Portage Place on Main Street. The departmental store was offering the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics souvenirs on sale (see red shirt below)..
They have pins and shirts customized for athletes from different countries. This is a keepsake for the Chinese - note the 888 behind! Hahaha.. too bad they didn't have my size! Roar.
Anyway the store was quite irritating, it refused to fix my Fossil watch (a screw came out so the strap was ripped off), because the lady insisted that Singapore has too many imitation goods and I could not provide proof of purchase. Though I repeatedly told her I bought the watch in the States, she also repeatedly mentioned that "Singapore has all sorts of things that look real but are not real".. -_-
Epilogue
Hmmm. I apologize that this post is just a report of the day's activities and overloaded with pictures.. don't really like my posts to turn out this way. Heh. But it was an enriching day for me too cos I learnt quite alot about Winnipeg and U of M's history today (doubt you'll be interested in reading so no point writing that). Haha.
Oh but a noteworthy point is that even though Winnipeg seems quite an ulu city, it is actually renowned for many global contributions! (No, I'm not going to just say that Winnipeg's the birthplace of Winnie the Pooh, haha.) In fact, U of M itself was the place where the process of manufacturing canola oil was discovered, and many more. Makes me proud somehow that I'm here! :)
Alrightey.. to end off, here's an interesting sign we saw at The Fork's Market = "For the comfort of our patrons, please wear shoes and tee-shirts (?!)"
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