Hey Great People,
I landed in Calgary after once again experiencing a four departure delay in Frankfurt. What is up with that? Germany used to be on time. Still once I finally got to Calgary it was great to be welcomed back by my parents Alf and Helga. My kids sometimes call them O and O, short for Oma and Opa. Yeah why waste time saying those long German words when you can abbreviate.
It was also great to be welcomed back by Eli who I had not seen in two years. That was very special. While in Calgary I basically ate, slept, visited, biked, and read. It was nice to relax. I did find some time in my "tight schedule" to watch a football game with Ward who I have known since he was two. And he is 48 now. Thats a pretty long time.
I also spent some time at the Calgary Stampede with Eli. The Stampede started out as a country fair/rodeo event exactly 100 years ago and it is a uniquely western Canadian, western USA thing. This ten day event also has rides,(that make you sick) music shows; stupid, expensive games where you can win stuffed toys made in China; the world's biggest rodeo,(really the world cup of rodeo) and interesting things to look at, like farm equipment ( oh wow a combine!). Yet the most interesting thing at the Stampede for me are the people and the food. Since taking pictures of oddly dressed people is rather intrusive I took some shots of what you can eat at the Stampede. Kind of weird and yes very fattening.
Next up will be a trip to Red Deer, Edmonton, Kimberly and Lethbridge. Stay tuned.
God bless you all. Love adios and peng on!
Dirk
O and O
Three generations. Alf, Dirk, Eli. Grandfather, Father, son
Eli and Oma
Me and Ward. We are great friends and great long suffering fans of the Flames and Stampeders.
Calgary's skyline in the morning. Compared to Hong Kong it seems small and the city itself seems quiet and sedate compared to HK. Quiet and sedate is good once in a while.
At the Calgary Stampede. Time to fatten up on Wiggle chips.
Or how about a steak sandwich?
Or how about that all Canadian food staple: poutine? Gravy over french fries. Yum.
PIZZA!
How about Elephant Ears or Funnel Cakes? What a strange and crazy land Canada is.
I landed in Calgary after once again experiencing a four departure delay in Frankfurt. What is up with that? Germany used to be on time. Still once I finally got to Calgary it was great to be welcomed back by my parents Alf and Helga. My kids sometimes call them O and O, short for Oma and Opa. Yeah why waste time saying those long German words when you can abbreviate.
It was also great to be welcomed back by Eli who I had not seen in two years. That was very special. While in Calgary I basically ate, slept, visited, biked, and read. It was nice to relax. I did find some time in my "tight schedule" to watch a football game with Ward who I have known since he was two. And he is 48 now. Thats a pretty long time.
I also spent some time at the Calgary Stampede with Eli. The Stampede started out as a country fair/rodeo event exactly 100 years ago and it is a uniquely western Canadian, western USA thing. This ten day event also has rides,(that make you sick) music shows; stupid, expensive games where you can win stuffed toys made in China; the world's biggest rodeo,(really the world cup of rodeo) and interesting things to look at, like farm equipment ( oh wow a combine!). Yet the most interesting thing at the Stampede for me are the people and the food. Since taking pictures of oddly dressed people is rather intrusive I took some shots of what you can eat at the Stampede. Kind of weird and yes very fattening.
Next up will be a trip to Red Deer, Edmonton, Kimberly and Lethbridge. Stay tuned.
God bless you all. Love adios and peng on!
Dirk
O and O
How about Elephant Ears or Funnel Cakes? What a strange and crazy land Canada is.
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