Edmonton - city of champions (in hockey anyway)

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Edmonton is around the same size as Adelaide back in Australia. Except that its river has much more water than the Torrens! It also has what was the world's biggest shopping centre, the West Edmonton Mall. On what started out as a rainy day, we happily spent a day wondering around the mall, fulfilling one of Darrren's childhood dreams. Only problem is we didn't feel youthful enough to ride its rollercoasters, play mini golf, skate its rink etc. But we got to relive our time in LA 15 years ago, when we went to Tony Romas. We generally try to avoid the hundreds of chain restaurants here, but Tony had the best ribs we'd ever tasted and 15 years later he did not disappoint. Next morning we enjoyed a brief while at the Muttart Conservatory, four pyramid structures in parkland with floral displays from different climates. Then wandered around Old Strathcona, near our accommodation, which is a strip shopping area similar to Brunswick St at home. There was an outdoor art fair in progress that was fun to look at. Then we hitched a Greyhound to Calgary.

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