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Travel Blogs from Calgary, Canada
A day in the life of... me!
Gotta say.. I live a tough life. As soon as I woke this morning, Neil walked in the room and handed John a shot. "Cheers" he said. John had the deer in the headlight look. This was the beginning of his stag weekend.... that would be the stag weekend ...
Winter Wonderland
... got back to the lodge, the sun had burned through the clouds and it was actually warm(45 degrees). We finally left the park and headed out to Calgary. Thats where we will spend the next two nights, before heading out to Jasper National ...
En route to the Rockies!
... ever seemed to stop at gas stations that were in the middle of nowhere - there is just way too much empty land across central Canada!! The drive over wasn't too bad though, there was some gorgeous scenery, and some onboard movies to make the most of! I ...
A Quick Trip To Cowtown !
... us enough time to go from one arrival gate to another departure gate! As we navigated ourselves around Calgary International Airport, we encountered an RCMP officer providing security in the area! It appears the Royal Canadian ...
How we started on this road
It started with a simple brochure. How about a trip to Peru and a train trip to Machu Picchu I said to my husband Al. Harrumph said Al as he scanned the brochure. Handing back the brochure Al said he would only be interested in the trip ...
Indonesia, here we come!
So I just picked up some travel books on Indonesia... actually Asia in general, and am totally pumped now! It's actually making me want to travel all throughout the region! What's this 3 week thing? ugh. That's not enough time to ...
Finally! A date!
... work around his school schedule. And of course it is mixing me all up because it is on an Australia semester system - totally different from Canada's. So his exams end Nov 10, so... we've set the date to leave approx 2 weeks later - based on best ...
My time in Canada is winding down...
... read about all the silly things I do day to day and live vicariously through me as we soak up some culture and sun. Bangkok here we come, after of course the longest milkrun in history! Calgary-Seattle-Seoul-ARRIVE IN THAILAND! Catch you on the ...
Departure from Calgary
... to Seoul, South Korea, to teach English. Who ya calling kid?!? As soon as I sat in my seat, I read the book. I'm still in Calgary, but I figured, "I can't call anyone now." As I read the notes from my friends I was smiling. Then I read my brothers and the ...
On the road again...
Ms. Pacman (the yellow car) and I had some excellent bonding time on the 7 hour trip to Calgary. The highways were pretty empty, so we munched some highway lines to keep ourselves ...
Back From the Future
... we went directly to the airport to catch our 12 hour flight to Los Angeles followed by a three hour flight from LAX to Calgary. It is currently 10am tomorrow (Tuesday, May 29th) in Hong Kong so if my calculations are correct, I have been awake ...
Getting Psyched for 'Nam
It's been a looong week at work and my head is swarming with all sorts of "interesting" accounting-like tidbits. My shoulders are tight from sitting at a desk for too long and I am feeling lethargic and quite frankly, just a little bit ...
Another trip booked!
... weekend after all!), somehow I ended up on the phone with Aeroplan again, inquiring as to how many points it would require to go from Calgary to Vancouver. 15,000. hmm. That's it? So, since I still had about 30,000 points left, and John had 16,000, ...
Last days in Canada...
After five weeks of traveling across British Columbia we finally crossed the boarder into Alberta and arrived in Calgary. We spent our last night in the campervan on a campground between the Highway and the rail tracks. The next morning we struggled our ...
May 23rd. Calgary Night 6.
Spent most of today watching Alfie play football for his team. All up early and away to get breakfast and then get Alf to the match. It was bloody freezing and windy so I sat in the truck with my coffee watching from afar. Once that game had ...
Let's Put This Blog Out Of Its Misery
... ;final entry over two months after we returned, despite having completed probably 70% of the work before getting back to Calgary. I just didn't feel like doing them. To be blunt, the blogs I've written for this trip have ...
And so it begins...
And so it begins. This is it. I'm down to a few hours sleep and then we hop on the plane. Is it sinking in yet? Um, yes and no. I catch myself looking at things differently - like I'm taking it all in and trying to grasp what I'm about to embark ...
Leaving early?
Well, as most of you probably perdicted, we just may leave earlier than planned on our RTW trip. Yesterdy I skipped out of work early with John because it was such a beautiful day. We went and sat in the park and talked about what we really want right ...
Calgary
... , aztán elájulás. Az út így összességében 29 ébren töltött óra alatt megtett 9716km (Budapest-Frankfurt 832km, Frankfurt-Montreal 5840km, Montreal-Ottawa 164km, Ottawa-Calgary 2880km), a poén kedvéért átlag ...
The Best Intentions
... to post entries before the trip. I was going to talk about all the planning and packing I was doing as well as put up pictures of Calgary and my friends . . . But I just didn't have time. How did I run out of time? Now I leave in just over a week and ...
Pihi és csirkeszárny
... 'kot gyűjtöttem de az nem egyszerű, mert a hamburger megromlik, a hokimez nem jön be, más túl autentikus meg nincsen. Este Calgary Flames visszavágó az NHL negyeddöntő kapcsán, de előtte Jack's kocsmájában mentünk zabálni. A hely ...
just warming up...
Hello All! This entry comes to you from balmy Calgary, AB where I am warming up indeed. The countdown is offically on. I have 3 shifts, 5 sleeps, 2 loads of laundry, 12 meals (if I don't skip breakfasts), and 1 Cipro prescription to fill before I ...
Tick, Tock, the Biological Clock
... on this poor, unsuspecting world??? So why Morocco? Of all the choices, it had to be somewhere warmer than Calgary – with recent temperatures hovering below -30 deg C, this included any destination other than the North and South poles. ...
We're driving for days......
July 2006, We just get back from travelling all over Europe and we are off again. Moving out West in search for whats greener on the other side of the fence. Of course we all know the grass is never greener, but we are curious anyway. Off ...
Heritage Park - Festival of Quilts
Dave and Lisa treated us to a day at the Heritage Park and the featured exhibition of quilts. What a great place this is! For the quilt show, tents were set up in some of the open places, clotheslines hung between trees and against fences in ...
Connection
... realized that she is not just connected to the people there, but even more so to the land. That's when it hit me. I love Calgary, but I don't feel connected to the land here. Then I realized that there is only one area in Canada that I feel connected ...
The drive - Vancouver to Calgary
... as we had done on the train it too. Our guest traveled in total comfort! We spent 5 days zigzagging our way to Calgary, each bend in the road revealing yet another breath taking view. The clear thin air, perfect for those once in a ...