We left on time Thursday morning without any incident of
foggy mornings and passport failure that had bedevilled Brisbane international
travellers in the days prior our departure. The flight was very long and had
very little turbulence although we first struck it at 3.30 PM. Which made me
think of turbulence at Kedron Expo but I am sure it was smooth sailing – good
work Patra and team! There were several babies on board and they were quite
well behaved but we were not that close to them. We had a breakfast coming into Vancouver
airport of pancakes with imitation maple syrup (Queensland made) with a berry
compote. Very nice for airline food.
If you are reading this we have landed safely rather than be
lost in the Pacific Ocean like Kingsford-Smith. (Not that he died in a
fireball). Strangely, by crossing the International
Date Line we arrived in Canada before
we left. Good work.
Vancouver airport has snow-capped mountains off in the
distance, making the airport slightly scenic. We had a morning tea Red Tea
milkshakes that were quite refreshing.
We next made our connection to Calgary which was only an hour away. We had
a limo ride to our Fairmont Hotel in Calgary.
It was built about 100 years ago as part of the great railway tourism of
the age with Canadian-Pacific owning both the railroads and the hotels.
Arriving at the hotel about 1.30PM we took off later to walk
to the Fort Calgary museum which was only about a 15 minute walk away although
we had to negotiate our way through 500 children under the age of 10 hopping on
to buses after watching some drama productions.
More to come...
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