Well, it turns out that domestic flights are much less painful than international! The security check was a breeze and I boarded the plane using my driver's license :) The flight took 4 hours and we landed in Calgary without any problems.
Calgary airport is small, but nicely decorated: they have dinosaurs, fossils, horse sculptures and fountains inside. After picking up the luggage, we went to get the rental car. At that point I realized that I left my Nintendo 3DS (portable game) on the plane... What's worse, I stored my driver's license inside of its case and I kinda needed that... So we ran to the luggage services and luckily my 3DS case was found and brought out to me. That's was the first adventure in Calgary :)
After all that we picked up the car, it was a Toyota Camry and a luxury edition, no less! It has a powerful engine for comfortable drive in mountains and several cool features, like a large screen that shows all kinds of information and a rear-view camera that makes backing up really easy.
We had to stop at a nearby Walmart, because the GPS was misbehaving and we thought it was because of a car charger. Luckily, there's Wind Mobile in Calgary, so I could use my phone and mobile internet for free. I found a Walmart, drove there. We had some lunch at a food court, then bought a new charger and returned it immediately, because it didn't fix issues with the GPS. So, in the end, I simply removed the bad GPS and used a GPS application on my phone instead.
All set, we started driving to the first hotel in Canmore. See the next entry.
Arrival to Canadian Prairies
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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1Arrival to Canadian Prairies
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2Into the Rockies
Aug 23later that dayCanmore, Canadaphoto_camera4videocam 0comment 1 -
3Evening in Banff town
Aug 23later that dayBanff, Canadaphoto_camera12videocam 0comment 10 -
4Hikes around mountains and lakes
Aug 241 day laterBanff, Canadaphoto_camera14videocam 0comment 7 -
5Highway 1A
Aug 252 days laterLake Louise, Canadaphoto_camera11videocam 0comment 3 -
6Lake Louise hike and squirrels
Aug 263 days laterLake Louise, Canadaphoto_camera18videocam 0comment 4 -
7Icefields Parkway
Aug 274 days laterJasper, Canadaphoto_camera13videocam 0comment 5 -
8Icefields Parkway, take two
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9Maligne Valley
Aug 296 days laterJasper, Canadaphoto_camera11videocam 0comment 2 -
10Edmonton
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11WEM and Elk Island
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12Boomtown Trail
Sep 019 days laterCalgary, Canadaphoto_camera17videocam 0comment 0
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juliettka
2014-08-26
It's pretty cool that we only asked for Toyota Corolla or similar when booking, and they gave us a Luxury Edition Camry for the same price! =)
Lots of space in the car and a cool net in the trunk which prevents small bags from flying all over the place.