Blogs from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 10

Die erste Nacht bei Tante I.haben wir sehr gut geschlafen. S. Hatte wieder ihr Zimmer für sich und wir das andere Kinderzimmer. Nach dem ausgiebigen Frühstück mit viel Erzählen machten wir uns mit Tante I. auf den Weg nach Edmonton zu den Muttard Pyramiden. Die waren erst vor 2 Wochen wieder eröffnet nachdem sie 18 Monate lang wegen Umbau geschlossen hatten. Die eine von den 4 Pyramiden war jetzt zum Showroom umgebaut worden und die dort gezeigte Ausstellung hat uns nicht besonders gefallen. Zu den Pflanzen gab es einige Kunstobjekte aus Blechblasinstrumenten zu sehen. Und dazu relativ laute Jazzmusik, was wir als nicht so passend empfanden. Bei dem Umbau wurden noch mehrere Classromms geschaffen, so dass dort mehrere Kindergruppen ein Programm haben können. Dafür wurden das Cafe und der Giftshop in neu geschaffenen Räumen unter ... read more

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 ... read more

tuesday 7th july - sat round until 1.30pm then we all went swimming in Leduc swimming pool for a couple of hours, walking down into Leduc to get a coffee and some things for our trip ahead. came back had dinner and spent most of the night typing up all these blogs. got to email the b&b's as we are off on our road trip soon once i've done that i'm of to have a couple of drinks and off to bed.... read more

sunday 5th july - We went to a muscle cars show at a Mall. Declan loved it, they were all old cars from North America so he'd not seen many before. here's Declan to tell you a few - Saleen S281, Ford Lightning, Corvette Stingray, Chevorlet Camaro, Corvette C6, Old Ford Mustang, Alpha Romeo Spider, 3 Mini Coopers and many more. Then we went into the Mall and spent about an hour shopping we bought cd's and books and stuff. after dinner Dana & me went swimming at the rec centre in Leduc the pool is pretty good - water slide, whirl pools, steam room, climbing wall above the pool, rope swing into the pool and the deep end is really really deep. ... read more

4th july - i think it was a saturday? quiet morning done laundry then we went to the cinema. Dean & Brendan went to see Tranformers 2 while Susan, Dana & Declan went to see Ice Age 2. Dana, Declan & me got out an hour and a bit before Dean & Brendan so we thought we'd take a walk down the street. we walk for about 10 mins. Declan kept saying he could hear thunder and see lighting Dana told him to shut-up and i told him it was planes. the next thing we could see was a grey blanket being pulled across the sky so we quickly turned round and started walking back to the cinema. we were all getting quite scared, the walking got quicker until it became a run the hail came ... read more

Andrea: It's a strange thing to leave a city after 31 years of living there. Anna and I had a going away party on June 30th and a ton of people from my past and present turned out to say goodbye. It was great to see everyone and I'm so glad that I got a chance to talk to so many people before I left. Having never lived anywhere but Edmonton it's surreal to think that I just can't call up my friends and go for a beer or a movie or something. I'm going to miss everyone so much, and I wish that I could just take you all with me! Check out the pics from our last party in town. Thanks for coming out and seeing us off! Anna: I have enjoyed Edmonton but ... read more

Day 28. Sunday. I could hear the rain on the roof. The forecast was for morning showers and they were right. I slept on and off till 13:00 when I got up to make a little lunch and try to upload yesterdays blog. The blog site seems to be buggy right now. I keep getting error messages or it won't let me on at all just saying "try back later". By 15:00 I'm groggy so I have a nap for a couple hours. Growing up this is what Sunday's were for. Well that and going to church but one out of two is OK with me. I was thinking of trying another pub for dinner. I took the truck so I could get fuel on the way. Once I filled up at the Superstore I had ... read more