When I arrived yesterday it was drizzling, about 48 degrees and the wind was blowing about 15 - 20 miles per hour. What a change from Houston. Chris and I had stopped over one night in Calgary many, many years ago. I had forgotten how the airport is staffed with a groups of retired people who wear white cowboy hats and red vests. They are called the white hat people and they are there to answer any questions that you might have and give you a friendly smile. That was nice. It made me smile and remember that trip with Chris.
Peter picked me up and brought me to his apartment which is in downtown Calgary in the Eau Claire section. He lives on the 14th floor of a 15 story apartment building. It is a lovely apartment with two balconies that over look this part of the city. However it was too cold and rainy to sit out on the balcony last night and he has no wine. That will change for this weekend. You all know my party on the patio fettish. :-)
We did venture out for dinner though. It is never to cold for that! We do have priorities as you all know. There is a Pakistani Restaurant named Mirchi about a block from the apartment that Peter had never tried so we tried it. Can you say VERY spicy! It was really good but our mouths were on fire when we left. We enjoyed our dinner so much that we decided to go for a walk.
We went to bed with the curtains in Peter's bedroom open so that I could see the night lights of downtown. He has about a 30 ft. span of curtains which makes for quite a view. The only problem with that whole scenario is that the sun doesn't go down until about 10:00p.m. That was interesting. We did see a beautiful rainbow that was tucked in in between and over the buildings.
I have a full day scheduled today. At 8:30 I have a five hour meeting telling me how to be Canadian. Tonight we have a BBQ with others from ConocoPhillips at a park across town. I will let you know how it goes. BTW-the sun is sopposed to shine today and the temp. should be around 65. A warm front for these hearty Canadians!
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