Calgary Road Trip - Part deux

We arrived in Calgary around lunchtime and checked into our hotel. We then met up with our friends Ellie and Matt who were in Canada on holiday from the UK. It was really nice to see some familiar faces, Ellie and I have been friends since we were about 14 years old, so we had lot's to talk about.

We headed to the Calgary Zoo to have a walk around. Despite Calgary's recent floods the Zoo was still open with just a few enclosures closed to the public - and it was only 10 bucks to get in!

Here are some snaps from the owl sanctuary...

 ^ Hedwig

 ^ Ellie and an eagle

  

 

^ The one picture of Matt I got! (spot the T-rex)

We then headed back down to 17th Ave to check out the bars and restaurants...

 

 We spend the evening drinking discount beer at Boston Pizza and wondering the streets (but not in a hobo way).

The next day we visited a mall as David needed to go to an Apple store. It's probably the closest official Apple store to Regina!

There was also a 'British Shop' in the mall, which stocked such wonders as Walkers Crisps, Wine Gums, Yorkshire Tea, and various football-themed (soccer to you Canadians) lunch boxes. I was really happy to find these Fruit Pastilles as I worked on the 'Happy Pack' promotion in the UK :)

 Then it was time for a round of large slurpees and another eight and a half hours on the road to Regina.

 Maple was pleased to see us, but she was mostly pleased to have a paper bag to play with. She has been sitting on it like she's trying to lay an egg for about 3 weeks. Awwww.