I decided that Canmore – where we went next and where we stayed overnight, deserves a separate blog post on its own. We had heard lots of people recommend Canmore as a nice alternative to Banff, but we did not expect to fall in love with Canmore. It is smaller than Banff and has this small […]
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We rented a car on Saturday and went exploring the mountains that we can see from our bedroom window. This past Monday was a Family Day in Alberta, so we had a long weekend and could spend Saturday shopping – yes still lots of stuff missing from the flat and also go on the tour […]
We went to see Diana Krall in concert yesterday at Jubilee Auditorium. It looked liked all seats were sold out. Diana Krall is one of my husband’s favourites and he has already been to her concert in Barcelona 3 years ago. I started listening to her when my husband moved his iPod to our flat […]
We are moving into our new flat where we will stay for a year on Friday. The flat is unfurnished, so we have had to go shopping a lot. Hurraay! many will say, but in reality it is quite a hard job if you have to find things and quickly. Our first experience that I […]
Having lived at fairly homogeneous Estonia for the past 9 years, the variety of Calgary is refreshing. I hear Spanish, Chinese and Russian being spoken every day. (The latter is, of course, being spoken in Estonia every day as well). Most people we speak to have an accent that is not Canadian. Quite many have […]
After staying in Canada for almost a month this year (Calgary, Edmonton) and for two weeks last year (Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Toronto), I attempt a bit of a description what I have observed so far. There is no such description as a typical Canadian – at least I haven’t been able to find out what […]
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