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Cruises

Independent Travel

(part 2: 35-days cruise on the MS VEENDAM)

(Part 1) From Calgary, AL, crossing the Rockies to Vancouver, BC:

  • 1st part of the trip was a roadtrip through the Canadian Rockies from Calgary, AB, to Vancouver, BC
  • Day 1: Flight from Frankfurt to Calgary; our rental SUV is bigger than planned as all midsize were gone; arrival at our friend's home and an early night because of our jetlag
  • Day 2:
  • ... with a railway museum
  • Day 3: Into the Rockies! First overnight stop is Banff
  • Stopping at Lake Louise
  • Day 4: Along the Columbia Icefield Parkway to Jasper; the marker shows how far the glacier has retreated from around the time of Maria's first trip to the area in 1983 until today
  • Sunwapta and Athabasca waterfalls
  • Over rough roads we drove to Moab Lake and to the Cavell Glacier.
  • Day 5: Beautiful views along the road to Maligne Lake
  • Day 6
  • Overnight in a hotel room where supposedly Harrison Ford stayed during movie shots; day 7: Kamloops to Whistler
  • The countryside outside Kamloops is completely different to the one of the last days, it reminds us of the song: ... Land of the silverbirch, home of the beaver, blue lake and rocky shore…
  • Day 8: in preparation for the Olympic Wintergames in 2010 there is a lot roadworks on the way to Vancouver
  • Day 9: Vancouver
                      
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