Hello all well I thought it was about time I stopped lurking and say hello.
We sent in are application in march 04 still a long way to go went to Toronto in April and of to Calgary in Oct .Calgary is are first choice relay looking forward to it.
So who are we well there is myself Karl my wife Lisa daughters Bethany (6) Jamie-Lee (2).

goto go putting youngest to bed.

cheers all

Never mind extra points for being able to speak French...practice your English mate..

Hi there Hawkeye,

Hope you find this forum interesting and enjoyable - I do! There are quite a few people living in Calgary who will surely be able to give you good advice.

Have fun!

Hey Hawkeye,

How're you doing??

Feel free to PM me if you want to ask about questions about real life in Calgary.

Howdy Hawkeye
Welcome to the site, you will find quite a few here from Calgary and they will be able to answer your questions. Did you like toronto? Is this trip to Calgary a factfinding trip or have you made up your mind this is where you want to live? Don't forget to take something warm in October!!

Bring sunglasses too ... October is one of "those" months in Calgary ... you never quite know what's it's going to through at you.

Thanks for the welcome looking forward to joining in.

Hi Glaswegian thanks for the offer hope I don't pester you to much.

Hi Corkey yes we loved Toronto it was a great trip and the Stanly cup was playing The Calgary trip is a fact finding trip looking at schools,places to live and work, the wife is main applicant she is a scientist looking for work at Tom Baker institute. Have been buying the basic cold weather clothes here as we are going to buy most in Calgary

Well thanks again all for the geat welcome cheers.

Don't turn into a potty mouth and I'll keep talking to you.

October in Calgary is an odd month ... it's starts sort of mild, by Halloween it can easilly be -20C ... see what the weather is like when you get here.

Check out the Mountain Equipment Co-op for cold weather clothing prices (http://www.mec.ca) - Walmart and Zellers can be cheaper, but can sell out fast.

Got somewhere to stay yet??

yes we are staying at the sandman hotel, do you know it? is close to the center?

P.S cheers for the link

Yep, know where it is ... it's on the edge of the downtown core, not too far from MEC or the c-train either.

Cool so it not to badly situated then especially with 2 kids

What age are your kids? It's downtown, the roads are busy and it isn't the sort of place I would let a kid wander unsupervised.

You mean there's also a fake life in Calgary? Must check it out.

Most certainly there is .... we're all happy smiling cowboys who ride our horses into our oil & gas office every morning, before heading off to an afternoon's skiing or golfing.

Everybody is happy, Calgary has no poor, disadvantaged or dissatisfied citizens.

The kids are 6 and 2 so wont be unsupervised. Just thinking of places to take them keep em happy.