The Day After That: Banff

Today we are working our way from Calgary to Lake Louise via Banff town.

Observation #1: Cars have no front number plates, even in adverts! Does that mean they are frontally naked? :s
Observation #2: Canadian animals seem to be troubled... I don't really want to explain that, just trust me. Both encounters with other animals have not been nice.

First, once getting out of Calgary we went into a Walmart to get a cool bag, white wine -bottle opener-, pack of cards and warmer clothing.
Oh yeah, thats another thing. Both of us have packed pretty wrong.
When looking at the weather forecast from back home the lowest temperature at all of our stop off sites was 23 degrees. But, alas, they lied.
It's been around 15 degrees.

On the way we stopped off at Banff town however immediately after putting one foot out of the car, the rain started to fall :\ We some mexican for lunch which was pretty okay, but freezing inside, and continued walking around and trying to find mum a pair of hiking trousers and polarising sunglasses. We succeeded with the latter.

We arrived at our hotel for the next 2 nights, The Post Hotel and arranged our stuff in -all over- our room. Then we checked out the nearby village of Lake Louise to see what it had to offer and ask some questions in visitor information.
For dinner, we were going to walk out to a restaurant called 'The Railway Station' in which we cheekily shared a salad and garlic cheesy toast. Just as mum said 'I wish a train would come to see what it's like' exactly that happened.
No jokes, the train carried on for at very least 1mile.

So that was our first night in Lake Louise.

Sorry for the lack of 'good' photos but at least it gives an idea of what it was like. The first photo is the B&B that we stayed in in Calgary, anyone reminded of Bear in the Big Blue House? Most of the landscape ones were taking from the road on the way to Banff.

Jazz