Our main objective to Calgary was for the Stampede, and after getting a little directions and figuring out where to park. We proceeded to Stampede grounds, bought tickets and headed in. It wasn't all too much different than Capital Ex, but since some of us has never been, we wanted to check it out anyways. The festivities, the crowd and what not. Tried my hand in some of the carnival games but wasn't successful. We took a number of pictures, but wasn't on my camera and I haven't gotten them yet >.<, so those will have to wait. After a long day, we checked into the hotel and rested a little before going for dinner.
Dinner
was to be at Gnocchi's Italian restaurant. PASTA! mmm....
Mussels and Clams. The sauce with bread was delish!
Forgot the name of the salad, but it had onions, lettuce, tomatores, buffalo cheese, and the dressing is balsamic vinegar with some other stuff. Light and good
Linguine Al Pastatore. Seafood with tomato sauce. Lovely
Fettucine GiGi. Panchetta with some other stuff in Rose cream. My favourite dish of the night.
Forgot the name of the salad, but it had onions, lettuce, tomatores, buffalo cheese, and the dressing is balsamic vinegar with some other stuff. Light and good
Linguine Al Pastatore. Seafood with tomato sauce. Lovely
Fettucine GiGi. Panchetta with some other stuff in Rose cream. My favourite dish of the night.
Saba with vegetables and risotto. The fish was cooked perfectly, nice and moist. Not dry at all.
Overall the food and atmosphere of this little italian restaurant is really good. I would go back there again. We also had a bottle of white wine and it was really good. Pinot Grigio was the bottle of choice. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of it. But all is well.
What followed next was a couple of events that included getting lost and what not. So i will spare the details. We ended up drinking in the hotel room and called it a night.
Shopping
The next morning, we had some breakfast to eat at a local chinese place and went shopping at Chinook Mall. I got a jacket from Zara Man. Nothing out of the ordinary happened while shopping and after which, we proceeded to driving home.
Highway Traffic
Now, usually, it takes me about 2 hours and 30 mins give or take to drive from Calgary to Edmonton. However, this time around, we got caught in a huge traffic jam. About after 30-40 mins out of Calgary, traffic came to a sudden halt. and before we know it, we were stucked for almost a good hour. What happened was that, there was a huge accident some point ahead and it was apparently quite major. Little car Vs truck. Let's just say there wasn't much left of the little car. Driving in the heat, driving a standard, and being surrounded by so many cars really took a lot out of me and i was tired by the end of it. AND to top it off, after about 15 minutes of clearing that traffic, we drove into a storm, and traffic once again was slow. All in all, it took us a good 3 hours and 45 mins to get home from Calgary this time around. Really not the ideal time.
And now, I am back in Fort McMurray, grinding it out. 6 more days left, not too bad I guess.
Overall the food and atmosphere of this little italian restaurant is really good. I would go back there again. We also had a bottle of white wine and it was really good. Pinot Grigio was the bottle of choice. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of it. But all is well.
What followed next was a couple of events that included getting lost and what not. So i will spare the details. We ended up drinking in the hotel room and called it a night.
Shopping
The next morning, we had some breakfast to eat at a local chinese place and went shopping at Chinook Mall. I got a jacket from Zara Man. Nothing out of the ordinary happened while shopping and after which, we proceeded to driving home.
Highway Traffic
Now, usually, it takes me about 2 hours and 30 mins give or take to drive from Calgary to Edmonton. However, this time around, we got caught in a huge traffic jam. About after 30-40 mins out of Calgary, traffic came to a sudden halt. and before we know it, we were stucked for almost a good hour. What happened was that, there was a huge accident some point ahead and it was apparently quite major. Little car Vs truck. Let's just say there wasn't much left of the little car. Driving in the heat, driving a standard, and being surrounded by so many cars really took a lot out of me and i was tired by the end of it. AND to top it off, after about 15 minutes of clearing that traffic, we drove into a storm, and traffic once again was slow. All in all, it took us a good 3 hours and 45 mins to get home from Calgary this time around. Really not the ideal time.
And now, I am back in Fort McMurray, grinding it out. 6 more days left, not too bad I guess.
posted by bcaiwong @ 7:36 a.m.
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MMMMMmmm. I feel like eatinggggg!
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