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Summer in North America 2018 Part 6 - Winnipeg Friends

We arrived in Winnipeg on Sunday afternoon and our friend MM was already there to pick us up. Even though it had been almost 4 years since we last visited Winnipeg, MM and her husband did two Asian trips with us in between. It was very nice to see her again after a couple of years! For the 9 days that we were in Winnipeg we stayed with them.




Winnipeg Airport


Loading the car
Our visit in Winnipeg was mostly filled with meeting/gathering with friends. Well, lets be honest here... no one is going to fly twenty-something hour flights just to see touristy spots in Winnipeg. We made various trips to Costco, different restaurants, and friends' homes.

We went to Costco.....
Eating Costco Soft Ice Cream

Unloading 
Then to Starbucks...
Seeing Steph at Starbucks

Meeting Ziko!
Then to the 24-hour Walmart just cause we can..... I must say shopping at midnight doesn't encourage good shopping decisions. We came home with bags of chips :D




Midnight trip to Walmart
Of course, we made a special trip to Sun Fortune Restaurant. My favourite Chinese restaurant for sure! I used to go there at least once a week.

My absolute favourite Chinese restaurant

Pork Chop with spicy salt

With my and my sister's host moms from our university days

Pearl Beef

Maggie Chicken

Satay Beef Chow Mein




With the restaurant owner/chef. He still remembered us.




Yup, driving in Winnipeg too.

Then a trip to Winnipeg Transit...

Visiting Winnipeg Transit IT office where DH used to work




Ex co-workers (and bosses)
A bit of shopping at the new mall...

Brand new outlet mall in Winnipeg
Aaaand finally meeting our dancer friends from our old Virage Dance Co. performance group. It was great to catch up with everyone!

















There was one new thing that MM was excited about in Winnipeg... and that was the Save on Foods supermarket they opened up near her home. :D We went there together one morning and it was quite impressive. Here, take a look for yourself.















Up next: Assiniboine Zoo






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