Welcome to my new blog. I'm going to try and update all with my travels in the coming year. My first trip was today, a 12 hour plane adventure from snowy Ottawa Ontario to sunny Yellowknife North West Territories.
Steven Trainor
Tony Fisher
Why am I headed up north in the middle of March? I'm joining colleague Tony Fisher of the Canadian Sport Tourism Alliance to do an economic impact assessment of the Arctic Winter Games. It still sounds crazy, but I had the financial incentive to go as well the long desire to see this area and this great part of Canada.
Here's a rundown of Day 1
- Leave Ottawa at 6 AM amid thousands of sun seekers. Curse you jerks! Airport is too busy for 5:00 AM, not to mentioned we were in the midst of a snowstorm
- Delayed takeoff in Ottawa and Toronto because the planes needed to be de-iced (on the wings). Many connections missed, and people got nasty upon arriving in Toronto. I laughed at these people.
- Flight to Vancouver seems long. I watched "Dan in Real Life" (good movies) and several sitcoms. personal TVs on planes are awesome
- I sit with a Brazilian during the Toronto- Vancouver trip who literally came from Sao Paulo to Toronto to Vancouver for a month of language training. Name is Sergio, and he worries that people will only speak French in Vancouver. I ease his concerns.
- Wait patiently for the Yellowknife connection in Vancouver. Van city is super sunny and warm. AS if I didn't miss Jitka enough, I am in her hometown and it is beautiful.
- Yellowknife plane has a middle aged blonde lady with suntanned complexion and a "Bring-A Bong" t-shirt. We hear her talk to everyone about her Aussie travels and we think she is crazy. Little do we know..
- Some of Team Russia from the AWG are on the flight. Fun stuff... managed not to boo them.
- We get to Yellowknife. Super sunny, -1 degrees, people are wearing long sleeve sweatshirts. Unreal.
- We are met at the airport by a Yellowknife city official (Lisa) who is originally from Cape Breton. Showing great maritime hospitality, she takes us to our hotel. Sadly, our bags are delayed so we have little to check.
- Lisa then takes Tony and I to get our VIP accreditation and gives us a complete tour of the city. We then have one of the most incredible meals of my life. It's a place called Bullocks Bistro, owned by none other than Bring A Bong Girl herself and her husband. Reader's digest called it the best in Canada, and I had the best cod and caribou (came as a combo grilled in front of me) that I have EVER tasted.
issues in room right now, so this is coming from "the business center".Cheers,
Steven
Tony Fisher with a Czech Beer in Yellowknife!!
Bullocks Staff making Potatoes
1 comment:
Yay for a travels blog...keep posting! Wish I was there too!!!
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