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Hello from the Canadian Rockies: Our First Excursion to Calgary, Banff and Lake Louise

My husband and I try to go skiing for a weekskiing.....Two outstanding attractions are
at least once a year and so far we've been tothe historic Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel and
about 15 different ski resorts on the eastthe Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise and I had an
coast, anywhere from Ontario to Quebec, Newopportunity to explore both these magnificent
Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. But we hadstructures in detail. Canada's history is
never been out west in the Rockies. Well, itinextricably intertwined with the history of
was  time  to  change  that.....the railroads. The Canadian Pacific Railroad
played a key role in opening up the west and
So we planned a trip to the Canadianthese castle-like railway hotels figured
Rockies, and for both of us it was the firstprominently in Canada's development of the
time for us to see this majestic mountainWest  Coast.
range. Just after we landed on March 4, 2006
we started off with a whirlwind four-hourLast Friday a wonderful adventure provided
tour of Calgary to get a sneak peak atthe highlight of my trip: I went dogsledding
Canada's Heart of the New West. Our extremelywith Snowy Owl Adventures on a crisp
knowledgeable tour guide took us to thecrystal-blue winter day, high in the
Calgary Tower, Fort Calgary and past themountains above the town of Canmore.Our
Stampede Grounds and Calgary's Saddledome. Ofadventure was almost over, but I had one more
course Canada Olympic Park was one of thechance for exploration: on Saturday I took
main  attractions  on  this  tour.the gondola up to Sulphur Mountain from where
I got a perfect 360 degree panoramic view of
The same evening we enjoyed a wonderfulBanff and the surrounding mountain ranges. I
Italian feast at Il Giardino on 4th Streetchecked out the Cosmic Ray Station and after
and we had a chance to get to know one ofa brief forest hike past the Banff Springs
Calgary's most successful entrepreneurs. WeHotel, I visited the Banff Park Museum, one
enjoyed the wonderful hospitality of Deirdreof  Canada's oldest natural history museums.
and Henry Brost at the historic Twin Gables
Bed & Breakfast and got a huge surprise atOur Alberta explorations were rapidly coming
breakfast when we realized we were enjoyingto an end, and just before we headed to the
our morning meal with two big celebritiesairport we went on one final walk through
(you'll have to read the article to find outCalgary and explored the famous +15 walkway
which famous people shared the B&B withsystem that keeps Calgary visitors sheltered
us....).After breakfast we walked all the wayfrom the harsh winter air. We also explored a
from the Twin Gables to downtown from where Ibeautiful tropical hideaway called Devonian
took the C-Train to get to the KensingtonGardens....Along the way we got to explore
area, one of Calgary's main restaurant andsome great skiing, magnificent mountain
shopping areas. I had a brief lunch at ascenery and historic buildings, the
Vietnamese restaurant called Indochine Bistroexuberance of a dog-sledding team raring to
where I found out that the young owner hadgo and the outstanding hospitality of the
originally come to Canada as a refugee frompeople of Alberta. We'll be back.....Susanne
Vietnam. What an amazing success story: fromPacher is the publisher of a website called
Vietnamese boat person to successful CalgaryTravel and Transitions ( Travel and
restauranteur....Transitions deals with unconventional travel
and is chock full of advice, tips, real life
Then it was time to head west on thetravel experiences, interviews with
Transcanada Highway to our destination fortravellers and travel experts, insights and
the next week: Banff, a picturesque townreflections, cross-cultural issues, contests
nestled inside the famous Banff Nationaland many other features. You will also find
Park, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Ofstories about life and the transitions that
course we went skiing and we had a chance towe face as we go through our own personal
check out 3 major ski resorts: perfectlylife-long journeys.Submit your own travel
groomed Norquay, high altitude Sunshinestories in our first travel story contest (
Village - located on the Continental Divide,and have a chance to win an amazing adventure
and the unbelievably huge and scenic ski areacruise on the Amazon River."Life is a Journey
of Lake Louise. Well, there is definitelyExplore New Horizons".
something to be said for West Coast



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