[banff]

More pics from the interventions conference location:

[lake louise]

Supreme gorgeousness:

People skating, skiing, and playing hockey on frozen Lake Louise.

Yup, that's right. That's me, standing on frozen Lake Louise!

[snow in #yeg]

 

For those of you not using Twitter, #yeg is a synonym for Edmonton (it's the airport code btw).

[difference in edmonton]

As I've mentioned before, driving to and from uni gives me time to notice all sorts of differences between the village in Hertfordshire (Kimpton, just north of London) where I was living in England and now Edmonton.  Exiting the Anthony Hendy motorway (or rather, highway here) and travelling east on 100 avenue (all the streets go north and south, all the avenues go east and west), I found myself marvelling at the six lanes of traffic, all going in one direction while the next street north had six lanes for the opposite direction.

Although there are a few traffic lights, there doesn't seem to be a build-up and we flowed along nicely. Also notable each time I'm on the road is the sheer size of the vehicles. Most drivers here seem to prefer trucks though there are a few smaller jeeps and SUVs.

[sunset // fields]