Alrighty, I've been waiting for this day for about a week now. Now I get out of the cities and back into the mountains which I much prefer. The towns are smaller, the people are friendlier and the sceneray is oh so much better and there are more thngs to do and see (physically anyhow - gt sick of looking at shops and museums).
Anyhow, Just typing up a quick note while the useless internet connect (10mbps for over 20 floors of a single hotel - figure that out tech guys) is going. I'm off to Banff today. Can't wait. Will be getting there in the mid afternoon so wont have much time to go skiing today or anything. Actually I'm not sure when I will get much chance to go skiing but I will drop a few things from my organised itinerary to do it. How could I not come to Canada (Especially Banff and Jasper) and not go skiing.
Also if I get the time I will upload the few photos I have taken of the past several days. They aren't many but they help fill in the blanks I think. Might incorporate one or two of them into my blog as well :-)
OK - well better go get checked out of this hotel and get on the Greyhound bus and have a bit of a read up on what to do in Banff.
cya's a bit later
Matt
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OK it's later!
Well I got to Banff today at about 3:30pm. It took m a few minutes to figure out where the hotel I was booked into was. It was about 4-5 blocks away from the train station, although with all the snow it was pretty tricky figuring out where the township was when I had never been there before. I started off in a good direction and soon found the town. It's probably about the size of Milford for those of you in Auckland. And it is covered in snow. There are tons of christmas decorations out and everything is looking very Christmassy. There are tonnes of young people around, and lots of different accents to try and decipher :-) Actually, funnily enough, I think I have heard more English accents than any other tonight. Even when I was at one of the local pubs, a bunch of southerners came in and were making a bit of a racket (they were young) and I overheard the barman complain to his other barman mate, that they were bloody aussies. This pissed me off a bit, because I'm all for harrassing aussies, but not when it's their fault. (Can't let the poms get away with it!) So I decided to correct the barman, which he was not pleased about. I ended up having a little stare off with him and I thought it was a good time to leave, which I did. It put me in a bit of a foul mood so I went for another walk around town. I found the local starbucks and had two coffees. the staff there were pretty friendly so I chatted to them through my first coffee. Then after another look around the township and looking in the windows of most of the local taverns, I decided it was to quiet and that tomorrow would be better spent sober and not hungover. So here I am, in my room at 9:30pm going to watch a bit of tellie, of a few episodes of Kenny vs Spenny, and then will hit the hay.
Tomorrow I have to go check out the Banff Gondola and the Banff Hot Springs, which are right beside each other. So maybe I wont be skiing Banff after all. It does look like Lake Louise (not sure if they are the same ski fields) will be my first stop though. Then onto to Jasper again. If I get stuck I can always stay an extra day at Jasper and ski there. Should be all good!
Cheers
Matt
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