Winnepeg! We traveled to the peg to get new CDMA phones, for Christina and Susy, so they could stay connected with family and friends. Although Christina was happy with having a working phone, Susy was still sad and upset that the phone she got at Christmas couldn't be used...there there Susy, it's only for 3 months.
Susy cheered up when we got to the Forks, a historical cite in Winnepeg. We went through the market, looking at all kinds of touristy and crafty stuff. Christina and Sara didn't find the perfect T-shrit they were looking for but Susy found a couple of things that tickled her fancy.
There was a variety of artisan's at the market, from musicians to glass blowers and it seemed like the place went on forever and in the end everyone found a little treasure to take home.
Next up after the market...skating on the Assiniboine river :) It was cold but beautiful to skate along the river path. Christina and Sara by far outskating Susy, went on ahead to the end of the trail. Susy, having fallen once and thinking that was enough for her, took off her skates and went up to see the legislative building and Louis Riel
A little chilled from their skate, we went into the tourism office, took some cheesy touristy pics and found out a couple of interesting places to visit, with the time we had left in Winnepeg. We settled on the Winnepeg Art Gallery "the Wag", due to time constraints.
There was a section completely devoted to Inuit art, which was very interesting, especially since we went there hoping specifically to see native art.
This Barbie painting was $700....crazy
The drive home was a little crazy and stressfull, it was hard to see the road ...it was as if our side of the road was getting all the snow and the other was getting nothing. Once again Christina handled with grace and we arrived home safe and sound around 11:30pm beating our usual arrival time of after midnight, way to go Christina!
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