Banff Upper Hot Springs & Hoodoo Trail

Banff Upper Hot Springs

A second trial on the Banff Upper Hot Springs in the morning: we tried to have a soak yesterday evening as well but it looked like “too many potatoes being washed in the water” (i.e. too many people as Japanese say) – it was too far from our peaceful hot spring experience in Japan. Read More

This train travels across Canada

Hunter of Peace

No one may know I went among those hills with a broken heart and only on the high places could I learn that I and mine were very close together…

They like to say “Explorer” of me. No. Only hunter of peace.

Mary Schäfer Warren (1861-1939)
Whyte Museum, Banff
www.whyte.org

Whyte Museum, Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River Walk

Since we started traveling in Canada, we have been lucky and the weather has been fantastic: blue sky and sunny.

Today we woke up to a very rare rainy day so it became a museum day! Read More

Kölsch?

… Probably not, but an excellent Canadian beer it is. Read More

Wildflowers in Sunshine Meadows

Small, beautiful flowers surviving above 2’000m in Sunshine Meadows. Read More

Sunshine Meadows & Rock Isle Lake Hike

Recommended by the Banff tourist office personnel, we did a 12km hike in the Sunshine Meadows, about 10 km away from Banff.

The Sunshine Village is a well-known ski resort and the whole installation smelled like a rather chic ski destination with nice ski lifts, modern buildings and leather sofa in the waiting area. Read More

Banff Town Views

Located in the middle of the Rockies, the views from almost anywhere in town are breath-taking.

Sugoi! Awesome! Banff.

Rogers Pass, Golden and Kicking Horse Campground

Today we are moving from the Glacier National Park to the Yoho National Park.

After we hung out at our sunny campground updating our blog, we headed for Rogers Pass, which is considered to be one of the most beautiful, in winter most dangerous and in the past most deadly passes in the world. Read More