Frequently Asked Questions about Banff and Canmore Banff National Park, Alberta Sometimes I get emails from people who aren’t asking me to pay a bill or to subscribe to the latest Viagra upgrades (useless by the way). There is plenty of information about the towns of the Canadian Rockies but sometimes, there are some questions…
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Road Tripping the Canadian Rockies
Banff to Lake Louise Banff National Park, Alberta How many km’s does it take to make a road trip? Does a trip to the corner shop make it a road trip or does it just make you lazy. Do you need to have a radio in your piece of crap car to make it a…
Lake Louise – More Than Just a Girl’s Name
Lake Louise – Not Just a Pretty Name Banff National Park, Alberta I have been to many places in my travels. I have seen the salt plains of the Bolivian desert, the pyramids of Egypt, the canals of Venice, the temples of Cambodia and suburban New Jersey. However, I am not so sure I have…
Lunch in Banff – Tommy’s Neighborhood Pub
Tommy’s Neighborhood Pub – Banff’s Best Lunchtime Burger Banff National Park, Alberta Thank God Banff is a place where exercise is necessary to stay warm. Doing a pub crawl could turn you into a tipsy snowman. The more realistic option would be a bar sprint. Come to think of it, the idea of taking off…
Balkan’s – Banff Best Lunch Option
My Big Fat Greek…Lunch Banff National Park, Alberta Banff attracts a wider variety of international visitors than Disneyland at times. Crews of Australians stroll down the streets in neon shirts, Japanese schools of tourists gather close and take photos and Canadians go about their business as per usual, ay. The result of this international plethora…
Bargain Booze in Banff – Where to Buy Your Alcohol
Bargain Booze in Banff Banff National Park, Alberta. Yes we do live in times where money is not growing on trees, possibly due to global warming. Sometimes we have to give up some of the luxuries in our lives such as food and water to be able to afford the essentials like extra strength beer….
Fast Food in Banff
Fast Food in Banff Subway I am six foot tall. That means that if I was to eat 6 Subway footlong sandwiches, I would be eating my body…height in delicious meatballs. That sounds much stranger than I intended but there is no arguing with the strength of the Subway franchise. Did you know that the…
Banff’s Best Coffee
Banff’s Best Coffee – Bean There, Drank That Banff National Park, Alberta Banff is cold. This explains why everybody wears warm clothes and why that white stuff falls so frequently from the sky. Whether you are the type of person who prefers warmth and sunny beaches or not, you must admit there are some things…
Seeing the Light at Banff’s Tunnel Mountain
Seeing the Light at Banff’s Tunnel Mountain Banff National Park, Alberta There are only so many times you can be told to take a hike before the phrase becomes literal. It felt like the right time to tackle Banff’s Tunnel Mountain again after a long break. It may surprise many people that summer is actually…
Giorgio’s Trattoria of Banff
Giorgio’s Trattoria Banff Surprisingly Excellent Traditional Italian Food Banff National Park, Alberta When you run an Italian themed restaurant, having an Italian customer is the real test of the quality of your mangiare (that’s food in Italian…I think). No, you can tell from my lack of moustache / handsomeness that I am not Italian but…