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Travel Blogs from Alberta
Oh Canada
... we conjure up in our minds. OK the Hockey part is true. Every Canadian I met, wants to talk about the Rangers, Islanders, and Devils. But the beer swilling part simply cannot be true. It is too damn expensive. A 6 pack of cheap beer like Coors light sells for about $14. I am not sure if this is just in Alberta or the whole country has gone mad, but beer is off the grocery list for now.
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Jasper en de gletsjer van Athabasca
... Glacier is fantastisch! De zon schijnt en de lucht is strak blauw.
De volgende ochtend is het weer zoals je verwacht bij een gletsjer: de toppen van de bergen zijn onzichtbaar door laaghangende wolken en het waait. Toch gaan we met z'n allen de gletsjer op. Hiervoor maken we gebruik van de Icefield explorer, een enorme grote wagen die speciaal gemaakt is voor het betreden van gletsjers e.d.. Over de hele wereld bestaan er maar 23 van dit ...
Sarbach Lookout
... sambucca.
I woke up at 7am the next morning with little enthusiasm and feeling a bit stiff, but I decided to go on a hike anyway. I met Marc down at the Mount Royal Hotel with his roommate Linda and it turned out that it would just be the three of us hiking that day. The planned hike was Sentinel Pass near Moraine Lake which I had done before, but with autumn approaching the larch trees were turning golden which is a ...
Pinch, Punch, First Of The Month
... me but is an excellent fly-repellent for animals, and formal insect-repellent, which slowly soaks the mat ready for it to douse the cows. Whilst extremely enlightening, please don’t douse yourself in diesel to repel insects, even if it isn’t as flammable as petrol.
We attached the salt bowl to the Club Cadet via a piece of rope and sturdy hook, and drove it up the field to the cows’ new home. After my shock yesterday I was careful to ...
'Stop Being Such An English Girl'
... that had collapsed beneath her; the deck’s rotting away and needs replacing, but we thought we were standing on the sturdy planks, unfortunately it seemed Claire wasn’t. Time to call the carpenter methinks.
We headed back to the farm, dropping off the Belgian contingency at the alpaca farm first, and I began yawning just as Jane relayed the plan for the afternoon, poorly timed as ever. I headed off to make some tea for ...