Young World Travellers: Day Seven

Today was our final day in Canada as we are getting up in the early hours of the morning for our flight to Los Angeles. With that in mind we wanted to do as much as we could in the beautiful city of Calgary, so we've been out all day keeping busy.

We started off in Heritage Park Historical Village. It was like we had travelled back to the early 1900's with an old motoring museum by the entrance before we went into the 'village' itself. All the buildings are as they were a hundred or so years ago and it was a great atmosphere and experience. It bills itself as a 'living museum' with actors, a working ranch and plenty of interactive activities around the site. We spent a bit more time there than we had planned to but it was so interesting and unique and was well worth the small entry fee.

After that we headed for the Military Museum in the south-west of the city. We both really enjoyed this and saw some amazing things - tanks, spitfires, submarine torpedos and a variety of old weaponry. It was really interesting as well as being educational and with such a vast amount of memorabilia on display, we couldn't believe the admission fee was only $5. Highly recommended.

Our next stop was Prince's Island Park which was a really lovely spot right on the edge of the main downtown area. With plenty of wildlife on show as well as a picturesque little river running through the middle of the park with a great view of the city skyscrapers, it was the perfect spot to sit down and relax after a long morning's walking. After a little break and a quick call home to our parents it was time to head into the city centre. We were running out of time but wanted to see the Devonian Gardens which are housed at the top of a huge shopping center. Unfortunately the majority of the area was closed for maintenance but we'd had a nice time walking through the city in any case.

We came back to the hotel to get showered and changed before heading back into the city for dinner at the top of Calgary Tower in the rotating restaurant. Every hour the restaurant completes a full 360 view of the city and the views at the top were even better than we could have imagined. The food was very good too and it was a lovely way to end our time in Canada, a country we have thoroughly enjoyed exploring. The people have been absolutely brilliant, so caring and welcoming and some of the nature we have seen will stay with us forever. We will definitely be coming back here one day and Calgary is such a thriving and exciting place which we will really miss.

Day Seven Highlight - Dinner and the view from the top of Calgary Tower