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Mr. P by a mountain lake. He didn’t find Jasper National Park very enjoyable. It was too cold and too wet, the fun to be had was too physically exhausting and he didn’t even get to see a fellow bear. Not at all the place to go for a gentleman with Mr. P’s distinguished taste. Me,Continue reading “Chapter 39: Mr. P goes to Jasper”

Maligne Canyon and a ‘jättegryta’/’hiidenkirnu’. I’m sorry, but I don’t know the right term for it in English, so Swedish and Finnish will have to do.  Kate has no respect for heights.  The very unclear view from a vantage point. On the other side of the valley, there supposedly should be beautiful peaks.  Mule deerContinue reading “Chapter 38: Driving from Jasper to Edmonton – a photo session”

Sunday, we went sight seeing a little, before starting our return trip to Edmonton. It was still snowing, so the places where we otherwise would have seen the forest and the valley below and mountains beyond, we only saw a greyish mist. We did visit a canyon, though. Maligne Canyon, about a twenty minute driveContinue reading “Chapter 37: The Rockies roadtrip – Baby canyons and snowy peaks”

At the hostel in Jasper, while cooking the lentil soup, I started talking a little with a Canadian guy who was frying vegetables on the stove next to mine. He asked how I had liked the slopes, and I said that they had been wonderful. Later, just before I went to brush my teeth, IContinue reading “Chapter 36: Good morning, honey”

After a day in the slopes, one would think that a relaxed evening by the hostel commonroom fire would be the perfect way to prepare for sleep – but no. With free wi-fi, Facebook calls like a jealous lover and the others spent their evening in the girls dorm, drawing, knitting and surfing the internet.Continue reading “Chapter 35: A night at the hostel”

As a part time vegetarian, my diet consists of a lot of beans and lentils. I have a signature lentil soup that I used to make and put in neat portions in the freezer, just to take with me as lunch to the university. I ate it so often that Elin even asked for theContinue reading “Chapter 34: Why you should think twice before cooking lentils abroad”

 Yea-na in her cool snowboarding goggles, smiling at Frida, Kate and Marit.  The Scandinavian girls – Marit and Frida in pretty blue, ready to conquer the slopes at Marmot Basin.  Me, ready to go and looking goofy in my riding jacket, rain pants and the turquoise sunglasses. And really, the outfit worked, despite the snowingContinue reading “Chapter 33: The Marmot Basin – photos from the Rockies”

Saturday was our skiing day. We woke up to a drizzling slowfall, and as the day progressed, the snow never really stopped falling, it only took slight brakes to catch its breath. At Marmot Basin, they only have six lifts, which I thought sounded really little, but once you got to the top of theContinue reading “Chapter 32: The Rockies roadtrip – An exercise in weightlessness”

There’s no point in being lazy. At three, Friday afternoon, Frida and I met up with three of her friends and took the metro to the car rental office. When all bags and humans were packed snugly into the car, we started driving westward. We were headed for Jasper National Park. The roads in AlbertaContinue reading “Chapter 31: The Rockies roadtrip – Up into the mountains”

I barely got to sleep one decent night’s sleep, before it was time to get going again. Frida had a lecture at noon, so after breakfast she walked with me to the campus, where she showed me around a little before going to class. I strolled a little, bought a bagel just because I’m inContinue reading “Chapter 30: My first encounter with Canadians”