Yesterday was Canada Day and I dragged the boyfriend downtown to explore. We started out at Winston Churchill Square to check out The Works Art and Design Festival. Honestly, I didn’t really see much worth looking at. But maybe I just need someone to give me a tour.
Next we walked over to the City Market Downtown. I don’t know why I like going to the Farmers’ Market because I never buy anything due to everything costing so much. But it’s still fun to look around.
I heard that there were things going on in City Hall so we went inside to check it out. There was a line up for a free cookie which was delicious. We took our cookies into the theater(?) where they had some drums set up. We watched some bagpipers and some singers before leaving for our next destination.
We walked across the road to the Art Gallery of Alberta which was free for Canada Day. We’re not huge art fans so we sped through the galleries pretty quickly, again not really seeing anything that interested us. But it was free, and I love things that are free haha.
At this point it was lunch time, not seeing anything that caught our eye at the food trucks, we ended up eating at The 3 Amigos. We occasionally eat at the one located closer to our home so we knew the food was good. We each had some Chicken Empanadas (they were sold out of beef) and were stuffed by the end of the meal.
After eating, we made our way to the Legislature Grounds to see what festivities were going on there. There were lots of people cooling off in the pools as well as entertainers throughout the grounds. We took a break in the shade so we could cool down and I watched a man offering free hugs. It was fun to see all the people taking him up on his offer.
We were able to go inside the Legislature Building which I had never been in. It was neat to see all the portraits and architecture. But by this time the boyfriend was getting tired and so we started back for home.
After having a rest at home, I talked him into taking me out to see the fireworks which was a fun conclusion to Canada’s 150th birthday.
Maroon Caludin
July 2, 2017 at 5:01 pmSounds like lots of fun! A belated Happy Canada Day!
Eena
July 2, 2017 at 8:11 pmOh, sounds like a lot of fun! Canada Day seems like such a cool event 😀
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Britney
July 2, 2017 at 9:34 pmSounds like you had a great day. We do not have any food trucks here where I live, which sucks. I would like to try them.
Brandy
July 3, 2017 at 12:45 pmI always forget that Canada Day is so close to the 4th of July.
Sounds like you had a great day. Glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
Deanna
July 3, 2017 at 5:39 pmI had a teacher who got married on Canada Day. For their anniversary each year they would celebrate in Canada and then go to the States and celebrate again on the 4th.
Sakura
July 4, 2017 at 5:12 amLooks like a lot of fun and glad that you had fun too! Interestingly US and Canada independence day are like 2 days apart.
Kya
July 6, 2017 at 4:42 amIt’s cool that there was a lot of different things to see and do! 😀 It would have been interesting observing the guy offering free hugs and how others reacted!
Michelle
July 6, 2017 at 1:48 pmSounds like you had fun but 150 years? Wow, Canada! That’s an awesome birthday.
Amy
July 8, 2017 at 8:08 amCanada Day sounds fantastic! It sounds like you had loads of things to do, which is always good. I love going to events with lots of things going on. It’s great that you got a free cookie too!
Hope you had a lovely time!
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