Day 6: after being 6 hours late we finally arrived in winnipeg at about 2pm... it's a very small and quiant place... but nevertheless was very impressive... it had just enough to keep us occupied for the 24 hours we were there, but not too much so as to overwhelm... st. boniface was the favorite spot. :) the forks area just east of the train station was quite nicely done as well! if a place like winnipeg can get it right... why can't toronto?? whatever...Day 7: after an overnight in the most
crap-tacular hostel ever, we headed over to the mint to see where canadian circulation money is made... turns out we mint coins for other countries as well! wicked... i bought myself the most BEAUTIFUL 99.99% pure silver 5 dollar coin... :D :D it's in one of those protective plastic cases and a nice blue velvet box... whenever it open i think to myself that if i get engaged, that's what i'd like to find inside the jewelry box... :) checked out the legislature after that then puttered around till we grabbed our train... as always, great times with boys and polish vodka until 1am when our train left us in sketchatoon.. :)Day 8:
headed down the long, lonely, FLAT drive to moose jaw. out of nowhere the qu'appelle river valley shocks you with it's NON flatness!! super pretty! moose jaw surprised me with a really funky and chic store called Rings and Things... it almost didn't belong in this tiny middle of nowhere saskatchewan town... apparently al capone may have had some dealings in this town... and they also had some "issues" with chinese immigrants at the turn of the last century... quite a bit of history for such a nowheresville place! then off we went across the prairies to regina... it was like an oasis in the wheat... :P we saw this gray hilly looking thing from afar (about 75km away) and wondered what it was... then as we got closer, it took shape... it looked like blocks... then even closer, we finally realized... it's REGINA! i can't believe you can actually see the town coming from MILES away!! trippy... had some drinks at Le Bodega and checked out the bar scene before calling it a night in regina...Day 9: regina is one of the nicest fake cities i've seen! nice fake lake, with fa
ke streets, fake town, but quite nice! the royal saskatchewan museum was pretty wicked. very very impressive displays and information... it actually made saskatchewan interesting!! turns out millions of years ago they used to have an ocean in the middle of it (tectonic plates were not fused yet) and there was a coral reef and sea monsters, and at some point there were mountains and a volcano... but now... it's just flat... hold on to those memories SK!!! :) legislative building is same as the one in winnipeg and edmonton (same architect). very pretty. then off back to saskatoon to have our 5-star spa day at suart's in saskatoon before we head over to catch our 1:30am train...Day 10: so... first things i saw in alberta when i woke up on the train and looked out the window: oil rig's and cows... very fitting... :) the train arrived late into edmonton (as expected) so we did not have an opportunity to wander about the town before catching our bus... on the way into cow-town, the only thing that came to mind was SUPER SUBURBAN SPRAWL! similar to how Saskatchewan had houses as far as the eye could see... calgary has houses as far as the eye can see!! when we got
there T-Mo treated us like royalty... he has THE best condo location! wicked view of downtown AND stampede grounds... and only a 5 minute walk to downtown! wicked. we had our own bedroom and bathroom... and could come and go as we pleased... it was the perfect 5-star hotel treatment with great company to boot! :) we went for sushi dinner and LittleSista and her Financer joined us :) they got engaged! yay! it's nice how things work out in the end... :) we had japanese vodka... it was... different... funny how i had to go all the way out west to see her again...Day 6-10 Random Highlights: st. boniface cathedral in winnipeg, buying my silver dollar, yummy polish vodka - neat, royal saskatchewan museum, "what a pain in the apple core", buying my authentic calgary cowboy boots!!
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