Banff International

... world before my flight to Queenstown New Zealand for a 1 month tour, something I"m looking forward to alot ! March sees me crossing the International date line to Las Vegas where I can say I have travelled back in time as I land in US before I even take ...

... table. In the afternoon, the photographer warmed up a bit and took 6 of us, including Sarah and myself, off up the mountain to shoot some cheesy photos for next year's International Academy Brochure - should be good to see when it comes out. ...

... who works in a cool alternative little coffee shop. Then on Saturday night I went out with most of the house, and a couple other international students including Julian to an Irish pub, so I didn't get that much of a taste of Canada but had a good ...

... people from Québec working in the shops, moving to where the work/economy is. A word of warning about the Calgary International Airport: not a lot there in the way of restaurants and shops, and only one bank-issue ATM. I had remembered it being ...

... a bit of a ritual on the 45 minute bus journey home but unfortunately, even with the combined formidable intellect of the International Academy, we have rarely passed $125,000. Perhaps buoyed by our success in the exams, The IA Millionaire Machine was ...

This is our last week before our CSIA Level 1 exams next week so everyone in the International Academy is desperate to soak up as much knowledge as possible from our new instructors this week. Sarah has a really nice English girl, Alex, and my ...

... the long flight or time change, just the inability to feel in sync with myself.  From Calgary's international airport I catch a shuttle straight to Banff town in Banff National Park, where I’ve allowed myself a couple days, and then several ...

Banff is an international resort area. I hear many European languages, Australian and British accents and of course Canadian sounds. Yes, Canadians do pepper sentences with "eh"! I stayed in Tunnel Mountain campgrounds just above the city of Banff. People ...

After a pretty rushed effort just to arrive back in Canada, somehow I never thought international flights were supposed to go fast. However when all flights arrived early and the airline company changes your itinerary WITHOUT telling you to an earlier ...

    We're now in Banff for the next 12 weeks doing a ski instructor training course with The International Academy. There's 33 of us altogether - 12 snowboarders and 21 skiers, all of us Brits. They're such a great mix of people ...

... dos dies. Tenia rao l'alemanya 'simpatica' de la meva habitacio de Lake Louise (L.L.) que em va bordar a la cara que com anava a Banff si el millor estava a L.L. Nomes en salvarem anar als hot springs (aigues termals) a les 9 de la nit per relaxar una ...

... ; After straining our necks for what we figured was long enough, and one brief trip through the gift shop we went into Banff and decided to find somewhere decent to eat.  We settled on ... shockingly enough a home town favorite of ours; The ...

We drove all the way to Banff early in the morning. As soon as we got there, I called Charlamae, and we set up a time to meet for karaoke the next day. Doing this job, it's really cool to know people all over the world. It gives you an interesting ...

... Falls is a major waterfall on the Bow River just before the junction of it and the Spray River.The falls are located near the Banff Springs Hotel and golf course on the left-hand side of River Road. (Wikipedia)As we picked up our rental car from the ...

Well, I can't go to Banff without stopping at Lake Louise. This will probably be the last time I visit the lake with the best name in the world. Once in summer and once in winter, I think that is enough. We hiked up to Mirror Lake and Lake Agnes, it's ...

... back home along the road. Nobody picked us up, even though I'm sure we looked pretty tired and pathetic and worthy of a drive into Banff. It took us a little bit of time to finally find our car, but we did it. Went back, changed and then wandered around ...

... lie in followed by a walk into Banff, some brunch and a chilled out few hours...  hence I've finally updated my blog!!!! Banff is a beautiful town, its weird to look out of the window and see moose, elks.... even more strange when they walk along ...

... the cute town of Banff.... This place is so lovely.... a village feel with mountains all around with snow lightly covering the peaks... Banff is a ski type resort but has such a lovely feel to it... After a nice lunch sitting in the sunshine, a little ...

Welcome to Canada!!! Have arrived in Banff, Canada after a 12 hour drive from the USA! Hmmmmmm a bed in a hostel for 3 nights after such a long day and crossing the boarder which took forever... time for a few beers in the hostel bar.... I must look ...