Shopping

I went out on my own today to go shopping to Chinook Centre Calgary's biggest mall. It's got a lot of american stores there like Victoria's Secret and Abercrombie and Fitch. There was a steampunk dinosaur at the entrance and in the food court there were small mechanical air crafts on a conveyor belt.

Calgary Aliens

This morning we went downtown to a park with statues that look like aliens! The installation is called the Family of Man and is dedicated by the Duke of Kent in 1968. The statues are 21 feet tall. 

Then we went to see the new Bow Building which my friend helped build. It is 58 stories high and the tallest office tower in the western Canada.  Outside the Bow is this  12-metre tall steel mesh head of a girl called Wonderland which looks pretty creepy. 

After lunch we went to the Kensington Wine Market. A great place with a huge variety of wine from all over the world. A bigger choice then in BC. I got a few bottles of wine to take home with me. We had to go back home because there was a wind warning.

Calgary Tower

The day started off with my friend and I going down to Kensington Street, the 2 block hipster community. It's right beside the Bow River. As I found out Calgary is one of those cities that believe in closing down most of it's stores on Sunday, so I didn't get to see very much. After Kensington we walked across the Bow River on the newly built Peace Bridge.

After we crossed the bridge we walked to the downtown Core Mall which closed at 5pm. In he mall they have one of the largest indoor gardens on the 4th floor called Devonian Gardens. Once the mall closed it started to rain. So we went for drinks.

We went down 10th Street to a bar called Bottlescrew Bill's they have over 300 different beers from all over the world. We had 2 beers from Belgium, Fruli and Leffe Blonde and we also had 2 beers from the UK, Fuller's Vintage Lager and Well's Banana Bread Beer. Which were all very good.

We then went to the Calgary Tower after that. We went up to the 525th floor. There was a part where the floor was glass which was really cool. We took lots of pictures of the city at night. And in a ridiculous attempt we went into this hurricane simulator.

After the tower we wandered around downtown, there was an old piano on the street, so we decided to play it, cause why not. Before going home we went to Earl's.