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.

Calgary Zoo

Went to the Calgary Zoo today. There was a sad Dinosaur exhibit, an African, Eurasian, South American, Canadian and botanical gardens exhibits. There were some really cute animals like the red panda, tiger cubs and the meerkats. The scariest were the condors, one of them was eating a bunny. But the best part of the zoo was the penguins! There were 4 different types of penguins there, King Penguins, Humboldt Penguins, Gentoo Penguins and Rockhopper Penguins. Here are some of the pictures we took.

 

  

 

Greyhound ride

For the first leg of my trip I was sitting beside a lady from Port Moody who was going to Salmon Arm for her older sister’s funeral. Her sister had died of ovarian cancer and had ben struggling for the past 3 years not wanting to give up. She was writing the eulogy for the funeral so I gave her some tips, don’t worry about crying it’s to be expected, add some humor and something her sister always did or said. I learned something from her that women can get a blood test to see if they have ovarian cancer or not. After Salmon Arm I was by myself.

My bus ride took me from Vancouver to Coquitlam, to Langley, to Chilliwack, to Hope, to Meritt, to Kamaloops, to Chase, To Sorrento, to Salmon Arm, to Sicamous, to Revelstoke, to Golden, to Lake Louise, to Banff, to Canmore and finally to Calgary.

I have to say Driving through the Rockies this time of year was still gorgeous. There was still some snow on the mountain tops and the reminance of summer still lingered on the ground it was a golden colour. I ended up watching The Cabin in the Woods which was a great look into the horror genre. 17 hours on a greyhound bus was very exhausting but I made it, with 6 hours extra to spare thanks Greyhound. Luckily my friend’s girlfriend was able to meet me.