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Calgary
Travel Blogs from Calgary, Canada
Airport waiting patiently for the plane at 6AM.
... about my trip. Thought it would be nice to blog about my trip so I will know in the future how it went and how much it cost roughly.. Currently at the Calgary International Airport waiting for my flight to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and then to Lima, ...
Back home for a short while.
It was great being back home. The wedding was amazing, the bride was beautiful and so calm. I think I was more of a stress case. It was great seeing everyone, and I met some pretty amazing people. Why is it that you meet cool people right before you ...
Unpredictablility is my choice if i'm ever ...
Unpredictablility is my choice if I'm ever asked to sum up travelling in one word. I stayed in Winnipeg a touch longer than planned, it was a nice city, combined with the fact that I was so pleased to be off the bus and I was ready to settle down. On ...
Desperation
Let the games begin!!! Last night the official plans began for our RTW trip! YAAAAAY!!! As I look at our dream list of locations to visit, I mentally try to figure out a route. It has to include being in the right place during the right season (no ...
May 22nd. Calgary Night 5.
... get. Bloody typical, nothing to do with this bike has gone smoothly. Once again, hindsight is definitely a bitch. I found a bike breakers in Calgary as I thought I might be able to get hold of a cheap second hand one. They were shut due to the ...
Working from home
... in a way that is totally inspiring, yet calming, a place I want to go to. That's one thing I missed in all my offices in Calgary - I never got to really feng shui them or decorate them. An office I had in B.C. was so cool - that was back when I was in ...
Hitched up in Calgary
... ) here we could see the "hoodoos" rock formations carved by the river and winds over thousands of years. Staying here in Calgary after mum left has enabled us to catch up on things rather than rushing off to the next port of call ...
Comforts of Calgary
... the low price. Needless to say, we left Hong Kong with much more luggage than we came with. Finally we're back home in Calgary. Strangely, the world did not fall to pieces as a result of our 6 month absence - very odd. In fact, everything seems ...
Ligne
Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, 1300 km de route, 2 jours de ligne droite, une bonne chaleur et des paysages linéaires, mais quelque peu différents. Passer des forêts de l'Ontario à l'odeur de pins aux plaines chaudes et interminables. On croise tellement ...
Feeling a little jet lagged
... . Guess it's time to leave for an extended period of time to get out of the comfort zone. So... it's Thursday now, the Calgary Stampede starts tomorrow, our big Stampede Party is Sat night, Sunday night Neil arrives from Oz to live with us for a while ...
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye. Yup, that would be me. I'm sure some of you are wondering where I am right now... some trying to e-mail me at work with no response. that's cuz I'm at home. Let me go back a bit and fill you in... ...
Winding Things Up
... able to finish the last few days of harvest. After a short stop in Lethbridge to visit a friend's Mother, we will head to Calgary to see our Doctor about my arm, get a flu shot, see Dave anf Lisa and then head east to finalize the sale of our ...
Everything is coming together
Well, all the wedding plans are coming together so nicely. Today I had my first official fitting for my dress. I was up early, got some things I needed to bring to my fitting, and then after it John and I went about town getting stuff done like getting ...
Being a toleration-free zone
Wow, it's been a while since I've written. Sorry guys, I swear I didn't drop off the face of the earth for a while. I have been busy with my mom's wedding (I'll attach photos) and then once that was over it was all about organizing the house and ...
It's official! We're leaving!
It's official! We are leaving!! We bought our tickets last night for November 1!! So we'll head into San Diego, spend the night there, then walk across the border into Mexico the next day. Yay!!!! Countdown: 2 months 1 ...
Burcs On Top Down Under
Hi! Ok, I leave in about 3 weeks but figured I should write a bit about this adventure before I go. I have been planning for about 3 months now and looking at stepping out of some personal comfort zones on my trip, just to push myself a bit. Australia is ...
Not much to report!
... visited the Chinese Cultural centre on Sunday and today a friend of hers drove us to the Tyrell Museum which is 2 hours away from Calgary. It is a dinosaur museum as it stands in an area where a number of dinosaur remains have been found. It ...
Last true Canadian Party
Got FREE tickets to The Tragically Hip on Monday, compliments of Mike, John's Best Man... the wedding is over and he is still being the BEST Best Man EVER! So, we get our last party to be in true Canadian form. I've always wanted to see the Hip, and ...
Calgary - Finally....Winter has arrived
... Canadians know how to drive in snow, right? Well on the Saturday/Sunday of first snow, there were about 200 vehicle collisions in the Calgary area!!! Luckily I can walk to work or if it's real bad, take the free tram 2 stops. When I was home over the ...
Calgary
... , Banff and then Calgary. In Calgary we had dinner with our DFK friends, Ray and Bernice Mack. They took us to the Calgary Tower and we saw a wonderful view of the city. Tomorow we are travelling by plane to Ketchikan in Alaska to ctch our boat ride ...
Getting There - March 15-16 - Calgary to Shanghai
It was a long day. Up at 5:00 AM, March 15, 2007. Fly from Calgary to Vancouver. Fly from Vancouver to Beijing. Fly from Bejing to Shanghai. Got there early evening March 16. Shanghai is full of contradictions, contrasts. More later. Ate, ...
Packing with kids... omg
About to leave for Australia... the past 5 weeks has gone by SOOO fast! I can't believe I am already packing again!!! It feels like I just put the suitcases away, and was now pulling them out again. Not that it is a bad feeling ;) ...
Spinning Itineraries
Entry two for today: My head is spinning. I'm attempting to plan our route. Even with a glass of wine in hand, it's still starting to hurt my head. I'm trying to go about this in a step by step manner, instead of being all over the map (no pun ...
Final Destination! Matt and Lynda's in Calgary!
... a typical American Cop with a Cowboy Hat and aviator sunglasses, I have arrived at Matt and Lynda's beautiful new home in Calgary unscathed........ phew........ Vancouver was fun for a day before I headed east. I took highway 1 most of the way from ...
Sucker for punishment
... , the details of the actual wedding are yet to be determined, but I at least want to try and find a beautiful place in or around Calgary to have our wedding... I want family to be there, I want the traditional stuff, so I'm going to give it a chance. If ...
Como anda o meu dia por aqui..
... mostram como a gente tava com uma cara de amassada..haha Eu nao tirei muitas fotos do Aeroporto, tanto de Toronto como de Calgary pq estavamos mais preocupadas com as malas, jah que a gente precisava mudar de esteira e era sempre nos cafundo do ...
Kind of getting back into it...?
Back at home, again. This time I am enjoying being home - summer is now here and I don't have to go off to a stuffy office, yay! John and I are attempting to get back into life at home, and are finding it funny that the simplest things, things we used ...
All settled, and ready to go...
Ok, this time I am going to save this while I write, instead of chancing losing it like last time! grr.. Here I sit in my new living room.. it is so peaceful... I wish you could all see what I look out at as I sit here. The leaves on the trees are ...