This morning we awoke to a rainy, miserable morning. After eating some of our leftovers for breakfast we headed to grab our Timmie’s coffee. We had hoped to stop at the Fossil Shop for possible souvenirs but they didn’t open until 11 am.
We headed out of town towards Calgary. The rain was steady during most of the drive but lessened slightly as we arrived in Calgary. Our first stop was IKEA…the first visit for both of us. Luckily my car helped curb our spending because a lot of the things that I wanted to buy wouldn’t fit. We then visited Michaels and Mum got a few things that she needed and I grabbed a new scrapbook for our trip. The other restaurant scrapbook is over 100 pages and definitely past the point of overflowing.
By the time we were done shopping it was time to head to the hotel. After dealing with several construction zones, we finally made it to our hotel. While Mum chilled in the room and watched some TV, I headed to MEC to return a bag I had bought in Victoria and exchanged it for a bigger bag…in red of course. It was about a kilometre from the hotel but I think I made better time by walking, as parking isn’t the easiest to find downtown. As I was walking back to the hotel, I noticed that they have traffic signals just for bicycles, which were really cute looking. I also got a picture of The Calgary Tower.
When I got back to the hotel we watched some TV and chatted for a bit before researching where to have dinner. We had several Food Network restaurants to choose from in Calgary but we decided on Naina’s Kitchen. Its claim to fame is stuffed burgers, crazy poutine and gourmet grilled cheese. That definitely piqued our interest.
Despite the construction around the restaurant, we were able to find parking without too much difficulty that was only a block away. We grabbed a table and took a look at the menu. I knew instantly that I wanted the dill pickle poutine and some kind of stuffed burger and Mum wanted one of their grilled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup. I ended up stuffing my burger with mozzarella, blue cheese, Granny Smith apple, bacon, tomato and sauteed and caramelized onions and Mum had a Buffalo chicken grilled cheese sandwich. The poutine was very dilly but to die for and my burger, as weird as it sounds, was also delicious. Mum thoroughly enjoyed her sandwich but wasn’t as impressed with the tomato soup. Our waitress, Jenni, was great and we discovered that she was from Port Hardy originally – talk about a small world.
After dinner, we headed back to the hotel and Mum did her cryptic crosswords while I watched some television. Tomorrow we are heading to Golden with a possible stop in Banff.
Thank you for reading and sharing our adventure.
Talk to you soon.
L
