People in Calgary seem to be very chatty. This morning, some old guy called Allen was talking with me for about an hour during breakfast. He was telling me a lot about his family and other stuff, which was interesting.
After breakfast and packing my stuff, I started walking to the Greyhound bus station. I had wanted to walk in order to get some more impressions of Calgary. Now I'd still call it a huge city that has it's beautiful sides. After about a forth of the way, I decided to take the tram for a few stops as walking all the way was getting quite exhausting with my big suitcase.
The transportation in the Downtown area is free, which is really great in my opinion. During my 5 minutes tram ride, some guy in a business suit started talking to me. He was asking what I was doing here in Calgary and where I was from.
After I got off the tram, I tried to walk straight to the bus station but somehow, I got lost twice. First, I tried crossing a big bridge which I really didn't have to cross and then I got lost in a big, fenced parking lot. I arrived at the Greyhound station just in time to pick up my tickets and then I relaxed a bit while waiting for the bus.
After breakfast and packing my stuff, I started walking to the Greyhound bus station. I had wanted to walk in order to get some more impressions of Calgary. Now I'd still call it a huge city that has it's beautiful sides. After about a forth of the way, I decided to take the tram for a few stops as walking all the way was getting quite exhausting with my big suitcase.
The transportation in the Downtown area is free, which is really great in my opinion. During my 5 minutes tram ride, some guy in a business suit started talking to me. He was asking what I was doing here in Calgary and where I was from.
After I got off the tram, I tried to walk straight to the bus station but somehow, I got lost twice. First, I tried crossing a big bridge which I really didn't have to cross and then I got lost in a big, fenced parking lot. I arrived at the Greyhound station just in time to pick up my tickets and then I relaxed a bit while waiting for the bus.
The bus ride to Banff didn't seem to take very long. At first the land was flat but as we got closer to Banff, there were first some hills and then later mountains on both sides of the bus.
On my way to the hostel I discovered a 'Squirrel Street'. Since I was still very focused on anything in connection with 'Supernatural', I got curious if I could also find a 'Moose Street'. In fact, those two streets were even crossing here in Banff, so this seemed kind of cool for me as a 'Supernatural' fan.
Right after arriving at the hostel and leaving my bags there, I left again in order to go to the Banff Gondola. I had to take a bus in order to get to there.
The gondola ride was quite expensive but I really didn't want to walk all the way up so there wasn't any choice. The gondola brought me to the top of the Sulpher Mountain. There was a 1 km trail to an old weather observatory at Sanson's Peak, the highest point of Sulphur Mountain. Walking that trail was extremely exhausting for me as I just wasn't used to the cold and the thin air up here. Nevertheless, it offered an amazing view of Banff and all of the surrounding mountains.
Before going back down, I had some beef ribs with beans and roasted potatoes for dinner. It was way too expensive, too, but at least it came with an amazing view.
On the way down, I was all alone in a small gondola, which was almost a bit scary in the beginning because the little gondola was going down very quickly at first. The ride still took quite a while.
Back down at the base of the mountain, I still had to wait a bit for the bus back to the Downtown area of Banff. I was surprised at how cold it had suddenly gotten. Thus, I was happy when I arrived back at the hostel where I could take a hot shower.
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