Monday, February 05, 2007






I have decided that I blog waaay too much about food, so I thought I would blog about some of my favourite things to do in Calgary. I have to say that in the winter, it really easy to become a couch potato in this city. Sometimes when it is cold outside, all I want to do is sit at home with a blanket and a hot cup of TV and watch television. However, there are some things that I like to do in this city, and one of them is skating at Bowness Park. Bowness Park is a huge park on the Bow river in the NW. It is my favourite park in the whole city, and I go there all the time both in the summer and in the winter. In the winter, the pond at Bowness Park is frozen, and you can go skating on it. There is also a frozen creek and a frozen canal, so you can skate all over the place. The best part of course is that it is free! Sunday was only my second time going skating this winter, so it took me a few minutes to get used to it again, but soon I was zooming all over the place. The weather was so great on Sunday too. There were tons of people. There were even mothers skating and pushing their children in baby carriages on the pond. I think the cutest thing is the little kids with their snowsuits and helmets.


Anyway, I highly recommend that everyone try skating at Bowness Park. They even have skates there that you can rent (I think they are $5, but they may cost more money now), so there is no excuse for not going. Also, students can rent skates from the outdoor recreation centre here on campus.


Happy Skating!

5 comments:

anna said...

Lucky you are. I wish I could go skating on weekends instead of attending lectures and seminars for international medical graduates. I dont complain...

Happy Amy said...

I would like recommend everyone try snowboard!!!! It's amazing and challenging and cool~~~~I am crasy about that!! By the way, I like skating as well~~~ but it hurts badly if you fall down to the hard ice......

Alif said...

Wow!! I also have a wish to skate. That's why, I take the winter as an interesting time, unlike others in Calgary. Anyways, I will go on sake next year because I still do not know everything in Calgary. Scott, after reading your blog, I think I want to go now. It's great to see on TV, but I don't know how really it will be!!

Nikolay said...

Winter sports are great. I probably will try to skate the week after.

SabRina said...

I hope you have wonderful time and

Happy Valentine's day!!

haha