Friday 27 August 2010

A taste of Austria in Canada?




Today we cycled along the freshly-asphalted 30km RailTrail between Cranbook and Kimberley - our only proper try of a Canadian Rail Trail so far. It was great. We are now in Kimberley, where the central city area has been revamped into Alpine German/Austrian style, with the painted wooden facades, a 'mozart' cafe and a Bavarian Bratwurst diner. It's very nicely done; very clean; clever stone paving on the traffic-free road - just slightly artificial! Had a divine (cycling makes everything taste so good) cinnamon swirl at the local Bakery and Tea House. After checking our emails we'll be popping in to get another one!

2 comments:

  1. Nice to see photos ... and I like your new cycling shirt!

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  2. enjoying the pictures too!
    How's the finger surviving?
    Couldn't rescue your daphne...rained and rained first two weekends home and I didn't get the trailer. Finally have soil in the garden though, so should get into the veggies soon enough.
    By the way, the plum and apricot stones I brought home from our trip are growing! Have 7 (very) little trees now.

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