so I was in Calgary.
After I had that coffee at Starbucks I knew I had to buy something warm (...). I set of to numerous downtown sjops, but their "summer collections" were ridiculous, expensive and NOT WARM!! After trying a "cowboy shop" and a "cheap clothes" shop, I went into a shop for outdoors sports. Along with the friendly and helpful girl i found the perfect fleece! (...) Happy with that on, I explored the area a bit more, went down to Bow River (tiny!) then went looking for the bus stop [I needed to get back to the bus depot] Ended up asking for directions to a Columbian woman that happily told me in Calgary it could get to -38ºC. Great...
(...) I made it to the terminal at 22:05. On my watch. The thing was, there was already a huge line up for the bus! I had come an hour early to be the first in the line!! (...)m I looked at the watch on the wall: 13:05! It was one hour more in Alberta and I had no idea. My bus was leaving in 10 min and it was by luck that I was catching it! (...) i had to listen to some music to clam down. One lucky day...
When I got out of Calgary I started to see the ranches and the cows and horses again on the prairies. And then we were in this huge snow-storm. The cows were still there (?) but it got progressively more of a tree-dominated landscape. And, suddenly, from the mist, THE ROCKIE MOUNTAINS. At first we could only see walls of rock. Soon enough the tops were visible as the mist cleared a bit. Lilith had decribed them well: majestic. They were colossal, huge masses of rock with shiny white snow on top. Byt the time we arrived in Canmore I was stunned. When we entered Banff National park it was not just the mountains, but the forests and the rivers. All perfectly harmonious, wild, fresh and magnificent. Banff was not snowy, just some flakes falling. A pretty little tourist town.But the mountains.. oh, the mountains were breathtaking.
(...) I had to go and buy some "advised" material for a little walk the next day.
- BELL . keeps bears away because they are more hearing than seeing animals
-SPRAY. an "insurance". Worth 39 dollars. It is supposed to save my life if I'm attacked by a grizzly. [ I later started doubting its effect in case of need]
I must say that all this bear talk sounded scary. 50 $ worth scary. And after bread and cheese from Safeway and an indulgent dinner at Boston Pizza, I headed back [to the hostel]. My 3 roomates showed up. 3 friends from Quebec on a voyage pour comemorer la fin de ses études [ celebrating graduation]. Yes, I spoke to them quite a bit in French and was pretty proud. I noticed there are a lot of people from Quebec around here. They like to visit.
This morning I (...) headed off to Tunnel Mountain. One hour to the top, one back. 1678 m1 So beautiful! I was stunned and ran out of memory in my camera. So many gorgeous valleys and mountains! I had lunch on the rocks on top , with the wind blowing in my face (not cold thanks to the my super-fleece) overlooking Banff town. Gorgeous. And on the other side of the mountain you could see this enormous ridge and Bow river down there. On the side - mt Rundle, my favourite. It is absolutely massive and I wonder how it was formed. It is over 2000 m. (...) in the aftrenoon I went to the Hodoos, these rocky formations next to mt. Rundle that look peculiar, like pinacles, part of a wall washed away by the wind. The walk through the ridge was beautiful I stopped sometimes, just to comtemplate. Msde me feel so good. So positive. (...) The animals were also remarkable. I saw some tiny striped squirrels. (...) And later I ran into a whole family/group of deer. (...) what can I say, Banff is a dream! And the sun is only setting now (almost 9 PM)... (...)
I have to catch a bus at 7:43 AM... better to sleep early and well. tomorrow: a trip across the whole fo BC!! The final part
Filipa
After I had that coffee at Starbucks I knew I had to buy something warm (...). I set of to numerous downtown sjops, but their "summer collections" were ridiculous, expensive and NOT WARM!! After trying a "cowboy shop" and a "cheap clothes" shop, I went into a shop for outdoors sports. Along with the friendly and helpful girl i found the perfect fleece! (...) Happy with that on, I explored the area a bit more, went down to Bow River (tiny!) then went looking for the bus stop [I needed to get back to the bus depot] Ended up asking for directions to a Columbian woman that happily told me in Calgary it could get to -38ºC. Great...
(...) I made it to the terminal at 22:05. On my watch. The thing was, there was already a huge line up for the bus! I had come an hour early to be the first in the line!! (...)m I looked at the watch on the wall: 13:05! It was one hour more in Alberta and I had no idea. My bus was leaving in 10 min and it was by luck that I was catching it! (...) i had to listen to some music to clam down. One lucky day...
When I got out of Calgary I started to see the ranches and the cows and horses again on the prairies. And then we were in this huge snow-storm. The cows were still there (?) but it got progressively more of a tree-dominated landscape. And, suddenly, from the mist, THE ROCKIE MOUNTAINS. At first we could only see walls of rock. Soon enough the tops were visible as the mist cleared a bit. Lilith had decribed them well: majestic. They were colossal, huge masses of rock with shiny white snow on top. Byt the time we arrived in Canmore I was stunned. When we entered Banff National park it was not just the mountains, but the forests and the rivers. All perfectly harmonious, wild, fresh and magnificent. Banff was not snowy, just some flakes falling. A pretty little tourist town.But the mountains.. oh, the mountains were breathtaking.
(...) I had to go and buy some "advised" material for a little walk the next day.
- BELL . keeps bears away because they are more hearing than seeing animals
-SPRAY. an "insurance". Worth 39 dollars. It is supposed to save my life if I'm attacked by a grizzly. [ I later started doubting its effect in case of need]
I must say that all this bear talk sounded scary. 50 $ worth scary. And after bread and cheese from Safeway and an indulgent dinner at Boston Pizza, I headed back [to the hostel]. My 3 roomates showed up. 3 friends from Quebec on a voyage pour comemorer la fin de ses études [ celebrating graduation]. Yes, I spoke to them quite a bit in French and was pretty proud. I noticed there are a lot of people from Quebec around here. They like to visit.
This morning I (...) headed off to Tunnel Mountain. One hour to the top, one back. 1678 m1 So beautiful! I was stunned and ran out of memory in my camera. So many gorgeous valleys and mountains! I had lunch on the rocks on top , with the wind blowing in my face (not cold thanks to the my super-fleece) overlooking Banff town. Gorgeous. And on the other side of the mountain you could see this enormous ridge and Bow river down there. On the side - mt Rundle, my favourite. It is absolutely massive and I wonder how it was formed. It is over 2000 m. (...) in the aftrenoon I went to the Hodoos, these rocky formations next to mt. Rundle that look peculiar, like pinacles, part of a wall washed away by the wind. The walk through the ridge was beautiful I stopped sometimes, just to comtemplate. Msde me feel so good. So positive. (...) The animals were also remarkable. I saw some tiny striped squirrels. (...) And later I ran into a whole family/group of deer. (...) what can I say, Banff is a dream! And the sun is only setting now (almost 9 PM)... (...)
I have to catch a bus at 7:43 AM... better to sleep early and well. tomorrow: a trip across the whole fo BC!! The final part
Filipa
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