No alarms set for this morning and Bethany was in the shower when I woke at 8.45 am. The hotel breakfast was a disappointment with low quantity and quality of offerings. We checked out and left our luggage behind and went to explore Calgary with only about 3 hours available. We passed Stephen Avenue which has an outdoor mall and some older sandstone buildings but as expected most of the city has a shiny new appearance.
We reached the Chinatown district and went to The Happy Veggie House which was akin to a Chinese takeaway with some tables inside, set in a shabby mall. However we trusted the reviews and the food did not disappoint. Then we wondered back to the hotel stopping for a coffee on the way. We picked up our luggage and took the 'express bus' to the airport. The bus took about an hour but at £2 each no complaints and we checked in our hold luggage and then looked about the shops and chilled until time to board.
The flight left on time - there was a bit of anxiety a few hours in when the cabin crew asked if there were any doctors or nurses onboard (there were). We were flying over a place called Igloolik (still Canada) at the time and it didn't look like a suitable area to land a big aircraft!
We were fed regular snacks and drinks and had some time to nap as the cabin lights went down. I probably napped for a couple of hours. Then it was time to land in Edinburgh at 10 am local time - the paramedics came on first to help the patient, then we disembarked and the weather didn't look bad at all - no rain!
Gary came to pick me up and it is lovely to be back home and of course Mabel is very pleased to have Mum home again although at the moment she is still sticking pretty close to Dad!
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