Canada

Of sickie-ness and skiers

Posted on September 17, 2006 by 3-6-6

En route to the ski resort of Banff, we stopped off in Canmore. For the first time, I felt we could actually live here. Towering mountains, rushing river, beautiful sun and some superb real estate …still cheaper than the UK, though not cheap as chips. Me and Rowan might have moved tomorrow, but Joe and &hellip Continue reading »

Categories: Canada, Rachel, World Trip 2006-7 | Tags: Alberta, Camper Van, Canada, Lake Louise, Rockies, Rocky Mountains, RV, Trans-Canadian | 1 Comment

Leaving the plains

Posted on September 16, 2006 by 3-6-6

It was without too much regret that we left the wide open spaces of Saskatchewan … you really can have too much wheat and this, the bread basket of America, has very little but. Someone remarked to us “its not as flat as you might think! There are ups and downs!” Yeah, right. Pete remarked &hellip Continue reading »

Categories: Canada, Rachel, World Trip 2006-7 | Tags: Camper Van, Canada, leaving, Manitoba, RV, Sasketchewan, Trans-Canadian | 1 Comment

Rowan’s American Vocabulary

Posted on September 16, 2006 by 3-6-6

ENGLISH. AMERICAN. Bin – trash can Rubbish – trash packed lunch – lunch pail biscuit – cookie pavement – side walk sweeties – candy cable car – gondola camper van – RV Rhys – rigs reply with your American vocabulary!