With our last day in Calgary we decided to go and visit the Calgary olympic park, which was the home of the 1988 Winter Olympics.
The site mainly consists of a large hill; after all, you need somewhere to ski down! 🙂 Although today the sun is blazing and it’s very hot, so no snow around! They give you headphones and a device for an audio tour but we quickly learnt it was a bit rubbish, poor reception, and the battery dead after 2 minute so we just concentrated on what was actaully around.
Starting off in the hall of fame, lots of information about the olympics and what they do, complete with fun additions (like an arcade skiing game which we all failed miserably on, and a chance to hold the actual olympic torch from 1988) and having never really paid attention to the olympics before myself, I found it pretty interesting.
Next up we went up a chair lift, which was horrible (naturally since I have a fear or falling! but I survived) up to the top of the hill, where we had fantastic views of Calgary (again!). Next, up the largest of the 3 ski towers where the atheletes launched themselves down a stupidly large hill (madness I tell you!) 10 years ago, which is now home to a zip wire where unfortunate victims (I mean lucky people!) pay $50 for the priviledge of being scared crapless. We avoided that! Pretty amazing though, the hill.
Across the hill to the bobsleigh run, which to our amusement is completly unprotected. Feel free to wander down the entire course if you fancy! Athough I just went a little way to look down and then gave up. it looks pretty fun actually, although when you remember they go insanely fast perhaps not.
Back down the chair lift (ahhh!) to the resturant (I won’t tell you what I had) and then off to the gift shop! My highlight of the day, since I was very excited to be purchasing a Quatchi! He’s so cute and fluffy 😀 My new favourite friend.
Next, off to a huge huge shopping center to experience some Canadian shopping, and Rosie needed a new suitcase… The old one is fine, she just needs ANOTHER one because she’s bought so many new clothes (and plans to buy more!) *rolls eyes*.
We headed back earlyish, and then just headed out to Safeway to pick up a light tea; we need to be up at 6am tomorrow, to catch our flight to Toronto! So we will be attempting an early night, not sure if I’ll manage that so I’ll probably be very tired tomorrow! But excited about the prospect of being in Toronto tomorrow.