Churchill

Yay!!!! The All Blacks Won. Yay!!!!
Had a good stay in Winnipeg. Quite a nice place- just the right sized city - easy to walk around. Their ice hockey team has just returned to Winnipeg after being bought by someone.There were huge crowds outside the Jets stadium and Ithought it was a game until I noticed they were mainly 11year old girls. Justin Beiber's girlfriend, someone Gomez was performing.We stayed at the Humphrey Hotel in Main St. Lovely hotel with great service. Saw on the news that it was supposed to be a 'seedy' part of town. Our train left 1 hour late. We had a twin sleeper cabin.OK but definitely not up to QR's standard. Food was wonderful though. We had REAL hash browns (not the gunk they serve in Oz). Had dinner with Wayne, a Kiwi, who hadn't heard the good news about the All Blacks. Passed through much prairie in the afternoon. Woke next morning to snow covered trees, frozen streams and it was snowing. Lots of beaver dams and lodges. Quite a few Aussies on the train, Wild life sighting count - one, a snow hare. Not very exciting. Are now in Churchill which is much like Nome in Alaska - an end of the Earth town. Maximum temperature today 1 degree. Have walked all over town and Doug who owns our motel (he's also the school bus driver) gave us a tour in the school bus. Dropped us at the edge of Hudson Bay - lots of "Beware of Polar Bear" signs. He said, it's amazing how fast you could run, even with a broken leg, if you saw a plar bear. We were walking back when someone called "John". For railway people, it was Greg Jones, from TravelTrain in Brisbane. His daughter runs a motel here. What chance meeting someone half way around the world. John will catch up with him Thursday. Tomorrow we leave early for polar bear viewing. Hope there are some there. They saw13 today. I like Churchill- on the tundra so no trees. Lovely and cold and they're predicting some snow tomorrow. For those who understand, I had Reece Cups (chocolate with peanut butter) today as well. Will post some photos and try to get John to post some railway talk for those (Ron) who think ordinary blogs are boring.