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North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton October 27th 2012

I was due to start my epic train journey to Toronto from the city of Edmonton (Alberta). The train was due to leave on Wednesday night at 11.45pm which meant I had a whole day to fill at Edmonton Mall. Everything I had read about this mall made it sound amazing - people were writing on trip advisor that they come to Edmonton for a week's holiday at spend the entire week at the mall yada yada yada. I was a little excited to be see it and when I first entered the centre (at entrance 48) right in front of me was a full size ice skating rink! Even better, was the fact that in front of me was Rachelle, a good friend I had met whilst travelling last year, and we had planned to ... read more
Thursday morning - out the back of the train
Sunrise over Saskatchewan
I loved sitting and watching the scenery

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton September 25th 2012

Guess what we saw on the way to the airport... a moose!! On the Anthony Henday just before Gateway Blvd, there is a little lake. Well the moose was running through the water. Poor thing looked frightened. Lucky we allowed plenty of time to get to the airport because there was a freight truck/car collision which made travelling very slow.... read more
Edmonton Airport

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton September 25th 2012

Well we are packed and ready to go! Elizabeth and Samuel are over excited, so we have them sitting in front of the TV to stop bickering while we wait for our taxi.... read more

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton September 10th 2012

We whiled away the day at the West Edmonton Mall. Well, half of it, anyway. We took advantage of free late check out (noon) and stayed in the hotel as long as we could. Then we saw a movie (Hope Springs, which we both enjoyed), wandered about, had dinner at Earl's, and finally came to rest at an Internet café. At about 9 pm, we were both bored enough to figure it couldn't be worse at the train station, so we took a cab there. The station in Edmonton is so small that I had to ask to be sure there was indeed a train coming through here en route to Montreal (there was). Unfortunately, the train left Jasper two hours late, so won't even be here until 1 am (we were scheduled to depart aet ... read more

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton August 8th 2012

08.08.2012 Gestern sind wir gut und wohlbehalten hier in ST Albert angekommen und wie vermutet haben wir momentan keine Möglichkeit ins Internet zu kommen. Alle vor 3 Jahren noch offenen WLAN sind mittlerweile verschlüsselt. Aber zunächst will ich von der Fahrt hierher schreiben. Das Wetter in Valemount hatte sich wie angekündigt entwickelt. In der Nacht gab es das erste Gewitter, aus den Wolken, die wir am Abend vorher schon beobachtet hatten. Und als wir aus dem Fenster schauten waren die Berge teilweise in Wolken und es regnete. Also gingen wir zum Frühstück was leider nicht im Hotelpreis enthalten war und so sind wir da erst einmal 40 CAD los geworden. Gestärkt packten wir all unsere Sachen wieder ins Auto ein und kamen so gegen 1/2 elf auf den Highway zur ca. 500 km Etappe. Die ersten ... read more
Elch an der Straße
Fußbad im See
kurzer Stopp am Highway

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton August 2nd 2012

2nd August ’12 Jasper to Edmonton, Alberta Just outside of Jasper we took the turn off up to Maligne Lake, we weren’t far along before we saw our first bear! Then we passed caribou and reached the toe of a long thin lake, which was very pretty with mountains all around. Eventually (it was a long road) we reached Maligne Lake and from what we could see it must be a stunning area when the mountains aren’t covered in mist, but they were. It soon started raining so after a quick look around we backtracked to the main highway. We carried on towards Edmonton and passed signs for the scenic highway to Alaska (about 1800 miles away!). The weather got better as we approached Edmonton, which is obviously a large city but we were just heading ... read more
Maligne Lake
Maligne Lake
Maligne Lake

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton July 30th 2012

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North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton July 26th 2012

The drive to Edmonton was 297km long but felt soo much longer, the road was straight and all that was around us was nothing, it was just flat! On our way through a small place called Gasoline Alley we saw a dounut store, we stopped and got some, they were delicious. We arrived at Devonian Gardens and looked around. The gardens were really cool there was a butterfly house full of beautiful butterflies. There was a lot to see with woodland gardens, wetlands and Japanese gardens. We liked the Japanese garden best, there were dragonflies everywhere, it was like walking through midges at the beach and there was a peace bell, so we both had a turn at ringing it. The weather was fantastic on our way to Edmonton and at the gardens but when we ... read more
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North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton June 8th 2012

Another great day. Started with a bit of light rain, but turned into a great day with lots of sun. Much cooler, but was a nice break after the heat of the previous 2 days. Today we went from Brandon MB, to Edmonton AB. To this point our daily mileage has been; 1 – 657.4, 2 – 680.9, 3 – 709.9 miles. We have been in the seat 30 hours, 10 minutes. The speed limit is usually 110kpm, which is about 72mph. The locals tell us that 5 over is usually safe to avoid tickets, and that seems to be the standard traffic flow. Tomorrow will be a short day over to Grande Prairie, where we are both getting oil changes and having the bikes checked over before we head up the ALCAN. That should give ... read more
The rear
Bugs

North America » Canada » Alberta » Edmonton June 2nd 2012

Hey all! It's me, fishifishy! Also known as Renee. :P Just a question to all those reading: What is there to do in Edmonton in mid-August? I'm asking because my friend Steph from Charlottetown, PEI is coming out this August to come for a visit! I'm super excited because we haven't seen each other for three years. We met in Jonquière, Québec in 2009 when we were on a bursary from the Canadian government. (the program we took part in was the Explore Program). We stay in touch like 90's friends: snail-mail. After I found out that Steph was going to be coming to see me, I immediately started planning a mini-tour of St. Albert and Edmonton, and I've booked a weekend in Banff as well. Other than the obvious trip to the "Magical Mall" (West ... read more




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