My trip through West Canada went by so fast I feel like I forgot half of it. But there are a few things about Calgary that I know I won’t forget. Here they are:
I remember Calgary Tower being referred to as the smallest tall tower (190 meters).
I remember that every local I met gave me this weird look when I said I was visiting, and said, ‘But there’s nothing to see.’
I remember finding a weird, unique sculpture at every street corner.
Every corner.
I remember using the C-Train free fare zone a lot. (I mean, it’s free!)
I remember spending an entire afternoon taking pictures of that cool head from every angle.
I remember spending a day reading in the Olympic Plaza and feeling like life was pretty amazing.
That’s it for me!
Have you guys been to Calgary?
Let me know what you thought in the comments! 🙂
Never been to Calgary yet, but this post makes the city much more tempting 🙂 Thanks for sharing the great pictures 🙂
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Aww my pleasure! I didn’t have high expectations of the city because so many people kept telling me it was really boring, so maybe that’s why I enjoyed it so much, haha. I expected the worst. 🙂
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I have been to Calgary, coming with high expectation but find the city is okay (not boring), just okay, but there is a live concerts in downtown and I enjoyed taking the C-train.
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Ouuh, I didn’t know about the live concerts downtown. They must be in the summer only?
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I was there in Fall and accidentally came across a free concert in downtown. I have never visited the tower, just saw it from afar. When were you there? It was not winter from your pix I suppose.
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Not winter indeed, haha. It was in the middle of June!
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It looks very nice there in June! Did you stay till July for the Stampede?
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I unfortunately couldn’t. Everything was booked already (and craaaazy expensive!) Another time maybe 🙂
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I haven’t been to Calgary in ages. Since I was a little kid. I remember absolutely nothing about Calgary. There are a lot of sculptures, I see.
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Indeed! I was pretty surprised about the amount of street art and scultptures everywhere! It was nice 🙂
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The art seems impressive. I really like picture #3 Hi.Hi.Hi. I did not know Calgary was so artsy, what a great discovery. I am under the impression that Canada is more about the landscapes than anything else. Am I mistaken ?
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Yeah there are wonderful landscapes through Canada! But also lovely surprises like Calgary was for me. (Pic #3, I know! They’re SO cute ❤ )
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Beautiful! I like the cute sculpture of the colorful squirrels/woodland creatures 😀 And that head is really cool!
(I’m *slowly* catching up on posts haha)
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The head is probably my fave. It’s so cool!
Aww, take your time! It’s always great to hear from you! 😀
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Haha I couldn’t believe the train was free downtown either when I first moved here! I actually ended up asking a cop before I would just walk on lol. Anyhow, seems like you enjoyed Calgary, that’s great :).
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Haha, hard to believe, right? I definitely enjoyed the city!
Thanks for stopping by, Rob! 🙂
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Great pics, very good article so I am going to reblog it for you. I used to be a long haul truck driver and that is how I was able to get up to Calgary, what I remember about was that the people were very friendly, it was very clean and it gets very cold there in the winter, and the winters are way to long.
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Thanks for reblogging! Yeah, people were very friendly during my trip, too. I guess I’m used to cold winters, being from Quebec, haha.
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Reblogged this on Truth Troubles.
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Such awesome snaps of YYC! So proud to call Calgary Home 🙂
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Aww thanks so much! Yeah, it’s a great place, I can’t wait to go back!
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I live in Edmonton and have been to Calgary once 🙂 Loved it!
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