Blogs from Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 7

Woke up looking forward to another awesome day in Canada - we are white water rafting the Kicking Horse route and then going to Lake Louise to stay at the famous Fairmont Chateau, the hotel that is always used in the postcards. So we got up early (6am, way too early for Tim) to check out of our hotel and then drive to the rafting place. Because it was so early we had a really good run (so much for the roadworks holding us up as and could have slept in for another hour - sorry Tim! Went to the very exotic McDonalds for breaky on the run, I think it was too early for the guy working there too, because he was none too please when I asked for a Bacon and Egg McMuffin minus ... read more

'Ladies and Gentlemen, we will be landing in Calgary in 10 minutes. The current time in our destination is 7 o'clock, it is a clear night and a cool -23.....wow! After passing out early in the evening we both woke up in the wee early hours of the morning stomachs rumbling. After waiting until 06.00 we decided we would spoil ourselves and order room service. 'We'll have four pancakes, fruit and two orange juice please' - a knock at the door soon after and we are confronted with what appears to be the rounds for our whole floor. 'wow it looks like everyone wants the same order as us this morning' - after she unloads four plates of four high, large pancakes, four plates of fruit, four maple syrup cups, four cream cups, two glasses of ... read more

From Marja The last couple of days has been looking at the most amazing views. Shell made her mind up that she loved Canada at around Vancouver. I have been impressed but not willing to commit to the "Wow this is amazing" rating until now. You really do need to do something spectacular to be on par with NZ, Peru and Scotland, but, yes, the Canadian Rocky Mountains has made the grade. I won't pick a favourite cause I can't but just believe me when I tell you that they are all great sights. Besides that, every town here loves a good fake animal on the outside of their shops. I even found a life size plastic cow INSIDE a shop today! That hasn't happened since Helsinki! Photos of everything I've taken are on http://www.flickr.com/photos/violettesaunty/collections/72157622226967687/ or ... read more

Sur le pouce... En tant que “touriste de base” visitant le Parc National de Banff, nous nous devions d'aller voir le Moraine Lake - decrit comme etant le plus beau Lac de la region. Cependantm l'aventure ne fut pas simple : au contraire de Lake Louise qui est relativement proche de sa ville eponyme, celui-ci est distant de 14km du centre du village. Nous voulumes alors nous renseigner a propos des horaires concernant les navettes nous reliant au fameux lac, mais nous nous sommes rendu compte que ce type de transport avit ete purement et simplement supprome pour cause de non-rentabilite (sans blague : vive le capitalisme). Nous avons donc du composer avec nos propres moyens. En cliar : “faire du pouce” (version quebecoise de “stop”). Nous avons donc forme 2 groupes afin d'optimiser noes chances ... read more

Today we spent some time in the town of Jasper walking on a path along the train tracks toward the station. Mid-day we left for Lake Louise which was about a 4 hour ride. Along the way we had a brief stop at the Columbia Icefield which was amazing and very cold. We also saw 4 adult bears and 2 baby bears which were right along the roadway at 3 different spots. Wow is really all you can say about Lake Louise. The hotel is right on the lake so we decided to canoe and get some cool pictures of the mountains and the hotel.... read more