Blogs from Manitoba, Canada, North America - page 5

Je dédié cette journée au musée des droits de l'homme, que l'on m'a vanté. J'opte pour la visite guidée, malheureusement le musée est trop grand ou la visite trop courte mais ne permet pas d'explorer l'ensemble des salles en profondeur. Le musée est immense, et très intéressant architecturalement parlant. Je trouve que l'extérieur est pas très beau même si plein de sens, mais l'intérieur est vraiment intéressant au niveau du traitement des volumes, avec des percées inattendues. Et pour en revenir au contenu du musée il retrace les avancées pour les droits de l'homme, les pas en arrière, les actes de paix, mais aussi les petites actions, et rappelle que les informations viennent des médias et sont nécessairement biaisés. L'approche est très intéressante avec beaucoup d'interactivité. Pour couronner le tout on peut monter dans une tour ... read more

C'est parti pour 20h de bus. Je me retrouve à coté d'un monsieur qui s'étale un peu pendant le voyage, pas facile de trouver le sommeil. J'arrive ensuite à récupérer une banquette pour moi toute seule et m'assurer un peu de sommeil. Après plusieurs arrêts, c'est à Thunderbay que tout le monde descend pour nettoyer le bus. Et autant dire que je rêve qu'ils nettoient les toilettes, ca sent vraiment pas bon dans le bus. L'heure d'attente se transforme en deux longues heures, leur ascenseur à fauteuil roulant est cassé, il faut donc attendre le temps de la réparation. Bref on remonte, il me reste encore 6h de bus, je somnole, on fait quelques pauses et on arrive finalement à Winnipeg avec une grosse heure de retard à 20h00. L'ambiance dans le bus est très agréable, ... read more

It's 12.56 on the 11 June. So currently I'm sitting on the bus just 2 hours out of Winnipeg, on our way to Banff. In the last couple of days we've already travelled 1400 miles, and still have 22 hours of travelling to go today. Sunday was technically our day off. However, it was the farmers market that morning so Sandy needed someone to go with him, bright and early at 7.30, to set up and help out selling the bags of salad we'd prepped the day before and cook the farms homemade burgers. Kate drew the short straw, so by the time the rest of us were up - around 8.30, she was gone. For Rosie, Matt and I, the morning and early afternoon was spent mainly just sitting around and searching for a place ... read more

Oh boy, day 3 was rough! We were plagued with traffic and bad weather on and off the whole drive. It was a mess! We started off pretty great though. Went to the Mall of America before we got on the road. It turned out we were closer to Minneapolis than we thought so it made getting to the mall pretty easy. This place was insane! I couldn't even fathom the size of this mall. Three stories of store after store, an aquarium on the first floor, oh and don't forget the mini theme park in the middle of everything! Yup, that would be Nickelodeon Universe with Nickelodeon themed rides/roller coasters. What!? If only we were 15 years younger.. To answer your question, yes, of course we did some shopping in the Mall of America. You ... read more

Manitoba Land Of A Thousand Lakes We stayed in a campground not far from the highway. Max and Mel had dropped us off the night before and we were both very sad to see them go, we had become quite close but it was time for us to move on. We woke to a beautiful day the sun was shinning on the lake that we had camped next to and we decided not to eat one of our freeze dried meals but to see if we could find a place to get breakfast and celebrate getting out of Ontario. We found a cute little dinner not far from the campground and luckily on the way to the highway. The waitress was there and wanted to know everything about our trip which we were happy to tell ... read more