The America's: Calgary Stampede

We arrived in Calgary Sunday the 8th to the open arms of our Canadian 'parents' Jim and Janice. We instantly felt at home and we couldn't have asked for a better start to our arrival in Canada. Jim took James and I for a drive around Calgary to get a feel for the place and Janice cooked us the best home made meal which beat everything our San Fran trip had produced! Monday we were straight into the formalities and we managed to open a bank account, get a phone number (403 401 0139) and this was all without visa's. Unfortunately James visa still hasn't arrived so it looks like we will be making a trip to the border as soon as they manage to get their A into G!!! A couple of James mates from back in the day were here in Calgary to check out the stampede so we ended up meeting up for a couple of beers and watched the evening show... and the Chuck wagon races...pretty crazy stuff if you ask me, in fact on the Wednesday there was a crash and three of the horses died...that's how dangerous it is!! The show was pretty epic, they had a group of Chinese girls...similar to circ de soleil style biking around on stage with three girl doing spins on top of each bike!! This was all followed by some pretty sweet fireworks.good times.