QiQi+MinMin’s Travel Blog 117: Winnipeg, Manitoba & Minaki, Ontario, Canada(Day 1) 加拿大曼尼托巴省温尼伯和安大略省米纳基(第一天)(2015.7.14-7.18)

We never stop exploring Canada. Winnipeg, the capital city in Manitoba,  is our next stop. Winnipeg, “Gateway to the West”, is the largest city in Manitoba and the 7th largest city in Canada with 778K population.

我们从未停止探索加拿大的脚步。 我们的下一站是温尼伯, 曼尼托巴省的首府。 温尼伯, 有西部入口的美誉, 有77万8千多的人口, 是曼尼托巴省最大的城市, 加拿大第七大城市

Day 1     2015/07/14     Tuesday             第一日     2015年7月14日      星期二

We took a 3-hr flight from Toronto Pearson Airport to Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson Airport.   我们从多伦多皮尔森机场飞了三个小时到温尼伯詹姆斯·阿姆斯特朗·理查森国际机场

We rent this car for 5-day stay.   我们接下来的五天就靠这辆车了

Formally we are in Winnipeg now.   我们正式到了温尼伯啦

A journey to Churchill to see those polar bears is on our bucket list, but it requires more time and more budget, so it’s not in this trip.     去丘吉尔看北极熊是我们的梦想, 但需要更多的时间和更多的钱, 所以不在这次旅行计划中

#1   Assiniboine Park Zoo          阿西尼博因动物园

Our first stop in Winnipeg is Assiniboine Park Zoo located at 2595 Roblin Blvd, which was established in 1904. The admission fee is $20 per person with free parking.  我们到温尼伯的第一站是阿西尼博因动物园, 位于2595 Roblin Blvd, 动物园1904年就有了, 门票20刀一个人, 可以免费停车

A Lot of Cute Animals to See  很多可爱的动物可以看

A zoo is always a good place for field trips.      动物园总是小朋友春秋游好去处

We cannot go to Churchill to see the polar bears, but we won’t miss the International Polar Bear Conservation Center in the zoo.   虽然我们去不了丘吉尔看北极熊, 但绝不会错过动物园里的国际北极熊保护中心

The journey to Churchill starts from the theater.     丘吉尔之旅从剧院开始

We are supposed to see polar bears in this tunnel, but we only saw this sea lion.  我们其实应该在这个隧道看到北极熊, 但是我们只看到这只海狮

A dive show is ongoing   一场潜水表演正在进行中

Finally we found you, polar bear, and it’s not the only one, they are the King of Assiniboine Park Zoo.    我们终于找到了你, 北极熊, 而且不止一只, 北极熊是阿西尼博因动物园的大王

Polar bears have black tongues.     北极熊的舌头原来是黑的

There is a simulated city of Churchill in the polar bear conservation center.  在北极熊保护中心里还有个丘吉尔模拟城

This cage is to catch a polar bear.   这笼子是用来抓北极熊的

A Very Big Zoo, a lot of animals to see, it takes 2-3 hours to visit.   非常大的动物园, 有很多动物可以看, 需要花两到三个小时逛一圈

This guy is not a squirrel, right? I guess it’s a groundhog, lives freely in a zoo   这小家伙不是松鼠吧, 我猜是土拨鼠吧, 自由自在地生活在动物园里

There is a botanical garden full of butterflies in the zoo.  动物园里有个满天飞蝴蝶的植物园

A Common Gift Shop at the Exit     出口按惯例有个礼品店

This “Winnie the Pooh” plant leads us to the next stop.   这棵温尼熊的植物领着我们到下个目的地

#2  Pavilion Gallery Museum, in Assiniboine Park next to the zoo, its address is 55 Pavilion Crescent       景点二:  Pavilion画廊博物馆, 在阿西尼博因公园里, 动物园旁边, 具体地址是55 Pavilion Crescent

The Pooh Gallery is what we are looking for in Pavilion Gallery Museum. It’s a free and small Winnie the Pooh Museum.    我们就是为了这温尼熊画廊才来Pavilion画廊博物馆的。 是个虽然小不过免费的温尼熊博物馆

The painting behind MinMin “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Pot” is the only known oil painting done by E.H. Shepard, the original illustrator of author A.A. Milne’s books. It was bought at auction for more than $250,000 by a group of prominent Winnipeggers.    MinMin身后的画“温尼熊和蜂蜜罐”是A.A. Milne温尼熊书的插画师E.H. Shepard亲自画的为人所知唯一一幅的油画作品。 是一群著名温尼伯人集资25万美金从拍卖行拍下的

The inspiration of Winnie the Pooh is this real black bear cub adopted by Canadian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn who named it as “Winnie” after his own hometown Winnipeg, and then Winnie was brought to London and donated to London Zoo, where the author Alan Alexander Milne’s son Christopher Robin Milne saw Winnie and named his own teddy bear as Winnie, which inspired his Dad to create the most famous bear character “Winnie the Pooh”.     温尼熊的原型是这只被加拿大中尉Harry Colebourn领养的小黑熊, 中尉用自己家乡温尼伯来给小熊取名为Winnie, 之后Winnie被带到了伦敦, 捐给了伦敦动物园, 温尼熊的作者Alan Alexander Milne的儿子Christopher Robin Milne就是在伦敦动物园里见到了Winnie, 把自己的泰迪熊命名为Winnie, 就这么启发了他爸创作了最出名的熊“Winnie the Pooh”

E.H. Shepard’s illustrations for Winnie the Pooh    E.H. Shepard画的温尼熊插画

These stuffed toys are made based on original toys owned by Christopher Robin    这些娃娃是照着Christopher Robin拥有的原版玩具样做的

A Must-Go Place, don’t miss this treasure in Winnipeg   一个必去景点, 不要错过了温尼伯的珍宝

We are still in Assiniboine Park, a children’s garden next to Pavilion Gallery Museum, there is a must-see thing in the garden.   我们仍旧在阿西尼博因公园里, 在画廊博物馆旁有个儿童乐园, 里面有个不容错过的东西要看

Here we go, the well-known statue of Harry Colebourn and Winnie the Bear, this is where the beloved Winnie the Pooh comes from.    我们到啦, 著名的温尼熊和中尉Harry Colebourn的雕塑, 大家喜欢的温尼熊的真正出处

#3  Polo Park, the largest shopping mall in Winnipeg at 1485 Portage Avenue   景点三:温尼伯最大的购物中心Polo Park, 位于1485 Portage Avenue

We had a dinner at its food court in Polo Park, not bad.   我们在Polo Park里的大食代吃的晚饭, 还不错

The sky around 10pm in Winnipeg in July is still so bright.    温尼伯7月的天空晚上10点还是那么亮

Here is the map showing our Day 1 visit in Winnipeg, Manitoba.    以下是我们第一天在曼尼托巴省温尼伯游玩的路线

Written by QiQi and Photographed by MinMin    作者:QiQi         摄影: MinMin

Last Updated on 10/20/2019                                       最新更新于2019年10月20日

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