Calgary, Canada Travel Blogs

... the Land of Aus I got to have a good visit with a good number of my accomplices. Kyle The Mule returned to Canada amidst a flurry of shotgunned Lucky Lagers and a good amount of hollering at each other happily trying to shout down each others travel ...

A travel blog entry by gunslinger22
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Our plane's route from London to Calgary was over Greenland and northern Canada. With the time change, as soon as the sun set, it was rose again. Rather a weird feeling. We could see the ground flying over Nunavit and the NWT - there was no snow! ...

A travel blog entry by kimandmartin
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Dean: Early morning Greyhound from Banff to Calgary, arriving at about midday. We dropped our packs off at the hostel and then went for a look around. We have time Calgary just right, as this week is the annual Calgary Stampede - a festival of all things ...

A travel blog entry by alexndean
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... Calgary Stampede - lots of cowboys and crazy country and western things did spring to mind, but thats not what I got! The Calgary Stampede advertises itself as "the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth", if you look up the word 'hyperbole' in the dictionary ...

A travel blog entry by itsem
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NOTE: The following has been written in my website's blog, and I was hoping you would all be able to read it there, but due to some technical difficulties...and life in general...it's still not up. So here is that comment. I believe I have those technical ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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THANK YOU! - Je T'aime! - MERCI - Ti Amo - GRAZIE - Ich liebe dich - DANKE - Te quiero - GRACIAS - Ik hou van jou - DANK U - Eu te amo - OBRIGADO - Ya tebya liubliu - SPASIBO - Jag alskar dig - TACKA DIG ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... and he's been offered a great position to go wire new houses there.   I don't know if there's a baby boom in Calgary these days, but there were babies everywhere, in the restaurant and later I noticed a lot of them in the mall as I walked ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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The final countdown has begun... Well we are in our final week prior to departure with our first destination being Los Angeles and more specifically Disney Land. Now I know that is not much of a travel destination but when you have a 7 and a 4 year old ...

A travel blog entry by duke_schewe
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... anxious, a feeling I haven't had for a while. I wasn't even anxious when I was driving on ice. The closer I got to Calgary, the more anxious I got. I was coming home, wasn't I? The snow that had been predicted had come and gone and the highways were dry ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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It looks like I'm going to continue writing in this blog and not on my website. I've decided that my pit stop at home has lasted long enough and I will be hitting the road again towards the end of next week. My destination....the west coast on ...

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Journey starting point. The following is a copy of the first email I sent to family and friends when I started my Journey. I haven't edited it to include it here in a broader forum. Things will become clearer as you read on. These emails will ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... town although very touristy. We drive around The Banff Springs Hotel, the springs themselves and have a pint before driving back to Calgary. I decide that I should really check out some of the famous bars in town before I leave and Kevin runs me into town. ...

A travel blog entry by petenic360
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Made it home in one piece with mixed emotions. I'm trying to get settled in so you'll have to wait for my report. Think It! Feel It! Live It!

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... street to chat to someone familiar. But it's also a bit sad not having that sense of excitement just walking around anymore. Calgary has become comfortable. I know that the 8:39 bus doesn't actually come until 8:45. I know that Calgary is as ordered as ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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... building, my head full of Asia. Then I noticed the snow-covered trees outside, and realised how lucky I was to be here. Calgary is ending. Tonight I went to the Den with the international crew, as per tradition. Undeniably, my friends in Canada can be ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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And so the seasons change... its mid March, and spring has truly sprung in Calgary. The formerly permafrost pavements are now clear, ice reduced to a stream in the gutter. The Rockies snow-capped peaks are no longer reflected in the prairies. My thermals ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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... in Banff again on the was home for some sushi and Irish stew (catering to all tastes), then made my last journey back into Calgary. I caught up with Darren and Karen for the last time which was a bit sad, although I'll see them in Australia sooner or later ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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... me her home which is conveniently located in a cul-de-sac directly behind the station. Marie is French, and she came to Calgary as her parents had friends here, so she is staying with a French family here. We exchanged greetings as the family dog jumped ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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... the idea of feeling your cheeks freeze, go numb and then start burning with cold within fifteen seconds of exposure? Come to Calgary! It's f*cking freezing! Luckily a Chinook is due later in the week, bringing us back up to liveable conditions. If -11 can ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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... will be weighted at 60 percent), and then bye bye West Coast, hello East Coast! Meanwhile I'm having a great time here in Calgary with all these new experiences and cool people. I'm really, really glad I came. If you're thinking about travelling, do ...

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... universities for entertainment value, between the free movies, free gym facilities and easy public transport. Australia and Canada are so remarkably similar (climate excepted) that little differences are even more noticeable. My 'Canadian Cities and ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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Summmy Rummy Doo Wop? CANADA SUMMARY Highlights: - Lowlights: - Places Visited: ? Days Visited: ??-Days Budget: GBP ?.?? per day per person (1GBP=?????) Total Distance travelled: ????kms Cost of transport: GBP ??.??(Rail, Road, Water) 1Km = ...

A travel blog entry by pidgeandpie
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... experience to be. We drank cups of beer and heckled Pheonix, laughed at the half time entertainment and cheered when Calgary scored their way to victory. Everyone grumbled that there wasn't enough fighting though. They had that stupid organ music psyching ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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Happy New Year Everyone! Well, here we are in Calgary, people said we were mad to come to Canada in the winter and the minus 25 temperatures have been a tad on the cold side, but we've really enjoyed exploring this amazing winter wonderland. We said ...

A travel blog entry by kevandsian
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All my worldly possessions - sitting in a mini-storage unit in Calgary.  We'll see 'em five or six or seven months.  maybe.    

A travel blog entry by jay29
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"Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."                 Miriam Beard   ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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D-Day! I leave at 11h59 tonight.   I'm putting a disclaimer right at the beginning saying that if you haven't read my "Paul's Journey" blog a lot of what I will be referring to might not make sense. It would be like watching the movie The ...

A travel blog entry by cobra1899
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... signifies the beginning of the end. Traditional religious significance aside, of course. I have exactly 20 days remaining in Calgary. Next Friday is Bermuda Shorts Day, the last day of lectures before the summer holidays. On Good Friday we hosted a ...

A travel blog entry by cobi
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I'm starting to get into the swing of things... get over jet lag, register class locations in my spatially challenged mind, know my bus timetable and stuff like that. I have to say it sucks not having a car like I do at home, but then I wouldn't want to ...

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