My weekend in Calgary :)
It was very spontanously that I decided to stay in Calgary for the weekend. My next stop is near Edmonton and the bus drive from Revelstoke to Edmonton would take about 10 hours (or longer?!) and I had no motivation doing that ;) So, here I am now in Calgary! And I'm more than happy to be here! The City is so amazing! It's almost as beautiful as Vancouver here!
I arrived on Friday evening, went to the hostel (which is by the way one of the best I ever stayed at!) and realized that the people here are 90% Germans! Although it doesn't help with my English, I got to know some Germans who are really nice, one of the girls stays in the same room as I do.
So I spent almost the whole weekend with Anja :)
I started my Saturday with the free(!) Breakfast here in the hostel and then went for a run. Calgary is so great because it only takes you a few minutes to get from downtown to the river, where you can run or cycle along the skyline but in nature. Just great! So I had already seen a little bit when Anja and I decided to discover the city in the afternoon. First we walked trough downtown, which is cute because it's relatively small. We had lunch in a mall, where are botanic garden is created. Crazy Canada!
Then we went up the Calgary tower to enjoy the view from the top over the city!
We cooked our own dinner in the hostels kitchen (omlette, yummy :)), afterwards we went to a country club and danced half the night to songs we had never heard before. đ The club was really good, with a great DJ and a great atmosphere.
One beer costs 6-9$ there! So you're not allowed to drink something on the streets and you're not able to make a few beers in the club because they're so expensive đ I think I like Canada ;)
On Sunday, the weather was absolutely great! Sunshine, about 25°C and no clouds! Anja and I rented two bikes from the hostel and decided to discover the area around Downtown đ First we went to a well known lookout, which was so beautiful!
Then we headed on to another viewpoint a little farer away.
After that we drove a little bit around and ended at the bow river, where we took a short break before going back to the city. There is the "Bow River Pathway" were you can walk or cycle directly next to the river. That was so great!
For dinner we went back home to the hostel. It was already my last evening here in Calgary and I wanted to see the sunset over the city. So we decided to go back to the first lookout and enjoy the sunset from up there. It was a good decision! A few other Germans came along with us and so we spent about 3 hours on top of the lookout, just enjoying the view.
Today is Monday and in the afternoon I will leave Calgary to go to Edmonton by the Greyhound bus. I had a really great time in this beautiful city and can only recommend everybody to see and enjoy this city! So by the way, Dad & Manu: It is a great decision to start in Calgary! đ
