After a few attempts at the smaller hills, the determined Miss Beilby finds herself skiing on the big hill at the park where the Calgary Olympics were held. Whoo hoo!
Sunday, 30 March 2008
Monday, 24 March 2008
CALGARY ZOO
Today we visited Calgary Zoo. It was OK as far as zoo's are concerned. Pretty dificult to appreciate other zoo's when you have been brought up in Sydney with one of the best zoo's in the world.
Sunday, 23 March 2008
Calgary, Banff & Lake Louise
March 19, 2008, the Beilby family find themselves in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. We came here to obtain new visa's that are issued only to Australians (an"E" visa) which give us more flexibility with work and other benefits.
So far, we have found Calgary to have many similarities to Sydney such as coloured money, dollar coins, the outrageous price of food, the array of older cars and the hoards of Aussies and New Zealander's that are here! It differs in that it is very plain, unadorned with scultpures or plants, the city is small and quiet, almost derelect. Oh, and as I write it is -8 degrees!
In complete contrast, Banff is a bustling city abound in wealth. A charismatic town, nestled amongst the imposing rocky mountains and surrounded by crystal clear lakes and rivers it isn't any wonder that it attracts visitors from all over the world. After the 35 minute search for parking, we took a leisurely stroll along the main street and then had lunch. We then toured the beautiful Vermillion Lakes which surround Banff. We were so excited to see some feasting Candaian Geese, a frolicking Bald Eagle and a fierce looking Coyote. We then headed to the glorious Lake Louise where Kevin and the kids skated on the lake outside of the beautiful Fairmont Hotel.
So far, we have found Calgary to have many similarities to Sydney such as coloured money, dollar coins, the outrageous price of food, the array of older cars and the hoards of Aussies and New Zealander's that are here! It differs in that it is very plain, unadorned with scultpures or plants, the city is small and quiet, almost derelect. Oh, and as I write it is -8 degrees!
In complete contrast, Banff is a bustling city abound in wealth. A charismatic town, nestled amongst the imposing rocky mountains and surrounded by crystal clear lakes and rivers it isn't any wonder that it attracts visitors from all over the world. After the 35 minute search for parking, we took a leisurely stroll along the main street and then had lunch. We then toured the beautiful Vermillion Lakes which surround Banff. We were so excited to see some feasting Candaian Geese, a frolicking Bald Eagle and a fierce looking Coyote. We then headed to the glorious Lake Louise where Kevin and the kids skated on the lake outside of the beautiful Fairmont Hotel.
Thursday, 20 March 2008
COLLEGE ALMOST ENDS
Oh my gosh! This term I took on 17 credits toward my degree. That is more than a full time load. Then add in kids, a husband and burgeoning photography business into the picture and you have one little fire ball of built up stress and anxiety. There were many sleepless nights and lots of hard work but the term is over. So far, the hard work has paid off. Hopefully now everything will get back to normal. I have one more full time term and then a couple of classes to complete the degree. Yeah!
Tuesday, 4 March 2008
BRANDON AND HIS SNAKE
Finally we were able to get a photograph of Brandon! Here is is with his beloved snake, Snakey (alias Mr White)!
Monday, 3 March 2008
CAITLIN LOOSES BIG TOOTH
Caitlin has been steadily loosing teeth for quite some time now but this big one puts a rather nice size hole in her head!The boys are loosing their molars too. Brandon lost 5 teeth in one week. Between the three of them, we lost about 12 teeth in 8 days.
Needless to say that we are serving a lot of soup for dinner!
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