Note: This Calgary blog is part of a broader trip to Alberta and B.C. in 2019. This Calgary segment begins after our visit to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump in southern Alberta.
After the Buffalo Jump closed at 5:00, we got in the mighty Santa Fe once more and made our way into Calgary, where we’ll stay for the next three nights. It will be nice to settle into the same hotel for a while.
It took another two hours to reach Calgary and we came into the city at the peak of rush hour. Crazy traffic, and I got lost a couple of times as the directions from Google Maps were hard to interpret. We finally reached the Regency Suites Hotel and were checked into Suite #504 – it was lovely! Beautiful suite with full kitchen, separate bedroom with very comfortable bed. Very happy with this suite. Quite a change from the dicey lodgings of last night’s room in Canmore.
It was about 7:30PM and well past our usual supper time, so we sought out a place to eat and ended up at a pub-style place called the Pig & Duke, which was very near the hotel.
It was extremely LOUD and packed, but we were so hungry and in no mood to wander around an unfamiliar neighbourhood looking for a restaurant. Thankfully, the food was very good there.
We returned to our lovely suite, unpacked our bags, and headed off to bed at about 10:00PM. It had been quite a day.
