The Fishbowl goes West… and buys stuff!

I want to interrupt this narrative with a wee show n' tell of a very pretty necklace I picked out while in Jasper. I have been wearing it nonstop since we came back to Ottawa. I just love it so much. It's from a very cute shop called Ransom. We were waiting for a table at Famoso Pizzaria … Continue reading →

The Fishbowl goes West: Moraine Lake

I told my family that there was NO TIME TO REST during this holiday. As if to prove my point, right after our amazing dinner we decided to pay a visit to Moraine Lake. We were not about to rest on our laurels (or watch Netflix in our hotel room)! Moraine Lake is famous for its blue colour and … Continue reading →

The Fishbowl goes West: The best restaurant in Lake Louise?

In my previous post about our travels out west I wrote about the gorgeous and awful horse ride we took to the Plain to Six Glaciers. If you've ever been to Lake Louise you know it's not a very big place. In some respects it's a waystation - a place to stop on your way to somewhere else. Lake … Continue reading →

The Fishbowl goes West: the best and worst day

In the previous post in this series, I wrote about our climb up Sulphur Mountain and the gondola ride down, which was very cool even though the views were obscured by wildfire smoke from B.C. Every day of our holiday was jam-packed. At one point the kids asked me if/when we were ever going to … Continue reading →

The Fishbowl goes West: in which the family climbs a mountain

In the last chapter of our journey I wrote about our visit to Drumheller. I've been looking over our photos and they are simply not good enough. Honestly, the Badlands are so big and beautiful that no photo can do it proper justice. Anyhoo... From our accommodations in Calgary we moved on to … Continue reading →

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The Fishbowl goes West… and buys stuff!

The Fishbowl goes West: Moraine Lake

The Fishbowl goes West: The best restaurant in Lake Louise?

The Fishbowl goes West: the best and worst day

The Fishbowl goes West: in which the family climbs a mountain