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Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by hawkeye
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.
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, |
Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
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, |
Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by hawkeye
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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Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
it's a bit quieter this time of year.
Yeah we did notice that but was still a nice walk and the sun was shining :D |
Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by hawkeye
Yeah we did notice that but was still a nice walk and the sun was shining :D
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Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
It's very lively during Stampede ... anything to fleece the tourists :D
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Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by hawkeye
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
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 ..... |
Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
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 ..... And I can't wait... :D Do you enjoy the stampede or is not your thing? |
Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by hawkeye
And I can't wait... :D
Do you enjoy the stampede or is not your thing? 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. |
Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
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. Isn't there a rodeo school just out side cochrane on the A1? |
Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by hawkeye
Isn't there a rodeo school just out side cochrane on the A1?
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Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by Glaswegian
No idea ... planning to give it a try?
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Re: Got back on Sunday
What a conversation you two have going here. Wouldn't it be easier if you just lived together? ;)
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Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by oceanMDX
What a conversation you two have going here. Wouldn't it be easier if you just lived together? ;)
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Re: Got back on Sunday
Originally Posted by oceanMDX
What a conversation you two have going here. Wouldn't it be easier if you just lived together? ;)
I would if could get us out to Calagry faster :D |
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