Blogs from Sunshine, Banff, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 2

Skiing!! While it is not Switzerland it is beautiful here in Sunshine. Despite its name there has not been very much sun in the past few days. I signed up for a beginner ski lesson yesterday and had my first lesson this morning. Of course my class is full of really young children so I do feel a bit out of place. The instructor is quite dishy, though a little obsessed with skiing. Skiing is second to breathing, it becomes second nature and you can't live without it! He says stuff like that all the time!! It is quite fun and a little bit scary when you can't really stop. I do want to try cross country skiing (even though it is much more work). ... read more

Viewed from 35,000 feet, the prairies didn't look very impressive in early June - lots of flat green patches, interspersed with black patches (which were either lakes or reflections of puffy clouds or a mixture of both). Calgary airport, though, was very cheerful. Clean and modern, with the most attractive baggage carousel area I've ever seen. The central hub of each carousel was adorned with sculptings of Indians in headdress, cowboys with cattle, big buffalo (sorry bison) and settlers in covered wagons, thus setting the tone for the fastest growing city in North America. In Calgary, Shiela, our chief guide and mentor, introduced us to Les (pronounced Less) our coach driver for the rest of the holiday. He brought a shiny new bus to the party, newly minted and retrieved from Florida just 4 days previously. ... read more

Heres some pics from earlier in travel odyssey !... read more

ARB & DWS CANADIAN ADENTURE For the benefit of family and friends at home and beyond after 4 years of Travel we felt we should share our thoughts and experience plus the odd picture attached to a periodic email report (time & wi-fi permitting).. So for those who have the time & inclination this one will commence with our Canadian Adventure which started on :-. Saturday 22nd August 09 week 1 ARB Thanks to our dear friend Mary we left Bentham at 6.20am for the drive to Lancaster station en route to Manchester Airport for our 10 hour flight to Vancouver. We did enquire about an upgrade before our check in but the 4 available seats had just reduced to one. Luckily I had reserved our seats when the tickets were booked last December, and ... read more

Hello everyone! Just a very quick update on our travel blog. We've said a sad 'goodbye' to Whistler, where we'd spent two weeks. It really was a great place to snowboard and have fun! Whilst we where there, it was the World Ski & Snowboard Festival, which meant there was heaps of fun things going on, from 'big air' competitions to lots of live music. One night we stood out in scarfs and hats watching De La Soul with boarders jumping doing 720's in the background to huge fireworks and 'Me, Myself and I'! We made our way down the Icefields Parkway, one of the most amazing drives to do in the world, apparently. We could see why, and appreciated meandering along in our van, taking in the most fantastic scenery. It really was breathtaking - ... read more