Blogs from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 14

Following a few hectic months of liberating ourselves from the stuff that I collected over a lifetime, we knew a trip to Canada's Wild West would be a welcomed break! Despite being quite tired, we were happy to land in Calgary, Alberta, settle in, connect with family and just take some time to recharge. We often forget the importance of pausing. In an era when work often becomes the priority, it becomes difficult to fit those important pauses into our daily schedules. Many cultures still prioritize the necessity of pausing. Siestas (midday naps), for instance, are very common in many Latin American countries, while Muslim cultures are required to stop five times a day for salat (prayer). As Europe reflects on its routines, many European countries have work weeks less than thirty hours as a means ... read more

Comme vous le constatez je suis en retard pour communiquer avec vous, mais je n' avais pas le courage hier au soir. Mon ami Pier m' avais mis en relation avec une de ces connaissances, Brenda, a Galgary. Il a vécu a Calgary il y a quelques années. Vendredi, nous avons une conversation téléphonique, en anglais bien sur, et Brenda s' est proposée de me servir de guide, pour la journée de samedi. RDV a donc été pris a midi a mon hôtel. Dans la matinée comme il faisait tres beau, petite marche dans le centre ville de Calgary. Quand je dis petite, les blocs d' immeubles font vites, 300 a 500m de côté, et quand je retrouve dans la voiture, la je m' aperçois que j' ai du pas mal marcher. Retour a j' hôtel ... read more

The Rocky Mountaineer – Vancouver to Calgary We get up at 5am to ensure that we are ready and make the trip to the Rocky Mountaineer Railway station which is a 20 min walk from the Pacific Central Station we arrived at a week ago. We leave the Hotel at 6am and get the Sky Train to Main Street station. As we are preparing to walk to the RM train station we notice a RM Van pull up & go to the guy to ask directions and he kindly offers to drop us there for free – awesome! We are met at the station by a host of attendants with luggage trolleys. The deal is that we have baggage allowances of 66lbs each to put in the hold but you don’t get access to this till ... read more

Dear Friends, Let this be the beginning of my new travel blog! I will be on a motorcycle trip around the United States and would love to have you all join me for the trip! Bookmark this link to see my latest posts: www.mytb.org/EugeneG... read more

Hmm - up early, pack bags and down for breakfast. Give book I had just finished to Vince (on Anzac stories). Settle account and off tot the airport heading for Calgary and our next tour (Rocky Mountains). Get the right taxi for our voucher and arrive at the airport in plenty of time. Book in and drop bags (1 almost at limit the other still under). Do some more wifi stuff (all the last 7 or so posts from the ship) and then go through security. Oops - forgot to take the shampoo out of the hand luggage - that has to go - all quite good about it but held the line up a bit - d'oh...... On the flight and into Calgary - after quite a few violent bumps - rock and roll in ... read more