A recent article in the Toronto Star highlights several of the things we’ve loved about our city all along. Yes, it’s cold during the winter, but if you’ll spend the time looking for great things to do, you’ll be richly rewarded.
Writer Noah Richler and his wife chose to spend their anniversary in Winnipeg – four days of “Canadian winter madness” – and had a fantastic experience. Not surprisingly, they discovered many of the things that Winnipeggers have been talking about to anyone who will listen – great restaurants, “a very rich and substantial cultural life”, the Exchange District, and the affordability of living here.
While some of the activities Richler writes about are out of reach for people on a tight budget, this sentence also applies to the hundreds of free activities that we enjoy:
If authentic discovery, rather than easy conversation about some proven trendy destination is what you want, then here is a city that absolutely must be visited.
There are still a few weeks (give or take) of winter left to enjoy. Next comes spring, and after that, another fabulous Winnipeg summer. What are you hoping to discover here?
Please let us know in the comments.
More info:
Noah Richler: Warming up to Winter-Peg – Toronto Star, March 5, 2009
Richler/Toronto Star article found via West End Dumplings, a Winnipeg blog.
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