Got back on Sunday
 

Well we have had a fantastic time in Calgary, we were all very sad on Saturday when we had to leave :(

Glaswegian looks like we missed the snow :D we had glorious sunshine for the most part.

I'm wadding through the photos now managed to take 115 :eek: got some great snaps will upload them soon.

i will post a full report soon still suffering from jet lag :rolleyes:

Cant wait to get out there.

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The snow started yesterday ... you just missed it.

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Just seen your web cam link :D

it was cold saturday well compared to the other days. ;)

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Calgary does that ... our highs were 22C last week, by yesterday the high was -6C!!

Our weather is controlled by the jetstream ... when it blows south of Calgary, it gets suddenly cold ... when it blows north, it gets warm ... it's just like a giant switch being flicked.

I watched the "Day After Tomorrow" last night ... apart from people freezing on the spot, it didn't look much different from winter in Calgary ... we had ice just like that inside our windows frames this morning :D

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I loved the cold days I just wrapped up and put on my new deer skin gloves and was happy as a happy type thing :D

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I've just stopped wearing shorts and I haven't started wearing gloves or a hat yet ... no point until it gets below -10C.

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Thats the 1 thing that did make me laugh calgarians in open toed sandals and shorts. on Saturday there were girls in open shoes, skirts and showing their middle with a scarf, and the wife in full artic clothing :D

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The UPS guys run a competition here ... who can wear shorts for the longest time possible ... you see them wearing shorts way below -20C.

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LOL thats got to be a site. I wounder how cold you could go?

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You see them all weathers ... I spend the minimum amount of time outdoors I can when it's below -30C ... like everyone in Calgary I use the +15's!!

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They are fantastic, It was just great to walk from the sandman to the other end of Calgary with out stepping out side.
We just loved the C-train used nearly every went up to the Chinook center and the Calgary zoo with the kids.

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There are downsides to the c-train ... no aircon when it's +30C and it gets crammed when everyone is wearing their winter stuff when it's -30C ... you can't win!

I'm a big fan of the +15's ... they make life a lot easier.

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I would love to see and use them in the winter, I bet it's great looking out through the walk ways and seeing folks freezing there ass off :D

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Not much opportunity ... the streets are deserted when its that cold!

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That was the other thing we found the city was so quite every day felt like a sunday, it wasnt untill we went to the chinook center the we found out were every one was.

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Did you check out the big downtown malls?

All of the malls are inside the buildings ... places like Bankers Hall and TD Square have multiple levels of shops ... Calgary doesn't have anything like Oxford Street,

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Yes we went in Bankers hall and TD Square and the Eaton centre. We did notice that there wasn't any thing like Oxford street, the closes was Stephen street I supose.

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Stephen Avenue Mall isn't quite the same as Oxfrod Street ... but it's good in summer ... they usually have live music and performers most days ... it's a bit quieter this time of year.

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Yeah we did notice that but was still a nice walk and the sun was shining :D

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It's very lively during Stampede ... anything to fleece the tourists :D

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I bet, I think we will wait till we come over to live until we go to the stampede. I have got my boots though :D

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I don't know how much the population increases, but the city is crammed to bursting ... I'd be surprised if you could find a hotel room for next year's stampede already.

Free cowboy breakfasts ... office workers dressed like Roy Rogers, many of them hammered by mid-morning ... all the fun of the fair :D

It's a real hoot .....

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And I can't wait... :D

Do you enjoy the stampede or is not your thing?

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I'm not really into the going out with colleagues and getting embarassingly hammered aspect ... we treat it as more of a family event ... we didn't go in 2002 because I had just been laid off ... the kids were old enough to go on rides by themselves this year, so we treated it as a fun day at the fair and had a really good time.

I haven't been to the Stampede rodeo ... there are plenty of them over the summer at county fairs around the province ... they cost a lot less too. Depends how you feel about taking kids to a rodeo ... the riders get injured more often than the animals.

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I have to admit to being a bit of a rodeo fan, not to sure about the wife and kids.

Isn't there a rodeo school just out side cochrane on the A1?

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No idea ... planning to give it a try?

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LOL not with my dodgy knees.

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What a conversation you two have going here. Wouldn't it be easier if you just lived together? ;)

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Are you wearing a sombrero or a toque today??

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I would if could get us out to Calagry faster :D

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Sorry, I'm already spoken for ...

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I'm in my casa in Cabo waiting for someone in a sombrero to paint my house, but he must still be on his nap because he hasn't shown up. :mad:

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That's what I once told a guy in the Bahamas who was trying to sell me a bunch of flowers that he was holding.

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If Glaswegian is already spoken for, just make like a Sikh and move into a huge house with about 25 others.

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Welcome back unfortunately. missing Calgary too!!

Saw you photos on the other thread, looked good.

Didn't get down to somerset a bit too far from downtown for our liking, has it got a good community feeling?

Did you get your big steak dinner?! :eek:

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cheers owen I will be posting some more photo's when I get them sorted out.

Somerset has a great family setting great parks, there were loads of jacko lanterns out side ready for Halloween.

Had a great steak in the Keg :D

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Hi Hawkeye

Were you on the Thomas Cook flight?? We flew back on Sunday too. Great weather for 2 weeks, but when we refuelled it was snowing in Calgary and the plane had to be de-iced before we got off.. Just wondered if you were on the same flight??

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Sounds like the same flight :D fully booked. You might have seen us 2 kids in-tow plus all the stuff that goes with it :rolleyes: Got stung with excess baggage $400 :mad:

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Okay this is coincidence at its best... Of all the people... were you in row 35?? If so we're the folk who sat behind you and had a chat with you!!

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LOL yes were the ones with 2 girls bethany and jamie lee :D