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Sunday, February 28, 2010

2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

We all held our breath as we headed for over-time, but now we celebrate.

Congratulations to the Canadian Mens Hockey Team for winning our final gold medal of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Thank you for the memories!

Found on Facebook at:

http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/02/26/2213393.aspx

Leaving behind a thank-you note
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:56 AM by Daily Nightly Editor
Filed Under: Brian Williams
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor
After tonight's broadcast and after looting our hotel mini-bars, we're going to try to brave the blizzard and fly east to home and hearth, and to do laundry well into next week. Before we leave this thoroughly polite country, the polite thing to do is leave behind a thank-you note.

Thank you, Canada:

For being such good hosts.

For your unfailing courtesy.

For your (mostly) beautiful weather.

For scheduling no more than 60 percent of your float plane departures at the exact moment when I was trying to say something on television.

For not seeming to mind the occasional (or constant) good-natured mimicry of your accents.

For your unique TV commercials -- for companies like Tim Hortons -- which made us laugh and cry.

For securing this massive event without choking security, and without publicly displaying a single automatic weapon.

For having the best garment design and logo-wear of the games -- you've made wearing your name a cool thing to do.

For the sportsmanship we saw most of your athletes display.

For not honking your horns. I didn't hear one car horn in 15 days -- which also means none of my fellow New Yorkers rented cars while visiting.

For making us aware of how many of you have been watching NBC all these years.

For having the good taste to have an anchorman named Brian Williams on your CTV network, who turns out to be such a nice guy.

For the body scans at the airport which make pat-downs and cavity searches unnecessary.

For designing those really cool LED Olympic rings in the harbor, which turned to gold when your athletes won one.

For always saying nice things about the United States...when you know we're listening.

For sharing Joannie Rochette with us.

For reminding some of us we used to be a more civil society.

Mostly, for welcoming the world with such ease and making lasting friends with all of us.

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2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Let the celebration begin. Congratulations to the Canadian Men's Hockey Team in their gold medal performance.

Canada is now the most winningest gold medal winner in winter Olympic history according CTV.

There is a wonderful Thank-you note published on Facebook at:

http://dailynightly.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/02/26/2213393.aspx

Leaving behind a thank-you note
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2010 10:56 AM by Daily Nightly Editor
Filed Under: Brian Williams
Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor
After tonight's broadcast and after looting our hotel mini-bars, we're going to try to brave the blizzard and fly east to home and hearth, and to do laundry well into next week. Before we leave this thoroughly polite country, the polite thing to do is leave behind a thank-you note.

Thank you, Canada:

For being such good hosts.

For your unfailing courtesy.

For your (mostly) beautiful weather.

For scheduling no more than 60 percent of your float plane departures at the exact moment when I was trying to say something on television.

For not seeming to mind the occasional (or constant) good-natured mimicry of your accents.

For your unique TV commercials -- for companies like Tim Hortons -- which made us laugh and cry.

For securing this massive event without choking security, and without publicly displaying a single automatic weapon.

For having the best garment design and logo-wear of the games -- you've made wearing your name a cool thing to do.

For the sportsmanship we saw most of your athletes display.

For not honking your horns. I didn't hear one car horn in 15 days -- which also means none of my fellow New Yorkers rented cars while visiting.

For making us aware of how many of you have been watching NBC all these years.

For having the good taste to have an anchorman named Brian Williams on your CTV network, who turns out to be such a nice guy.

For the body scans at the airport which make pat-downs and cavity searches unnecessary.

For designing those really cool LED Olympic rings in the harbor, which turned to gold when your athletes won one.

For always saying nice things about the United States...when you know we're listening.

For sharing Joannie Rochette with us.

For reminding some of us we used to be a more civil society.

Mostly, for welcoming the world with such ease and making lasting friends with all of us.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Be sure to check out our Colours and Culture Package because there are some great reasons to try out this package! Most of those reasons can be found within the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.

Did you know you that when you reserve the Colours and Culture Package you can take in the following four exhibitions:

Exposure 2010
Calgary Banff Canmore Photography Festival (On display till April 4, 2010)

Through the Lens: A Stoney Perspective
Until September 15, 2010 (Located at the Juniper Hotel on Norquay Road)

Olympians of the Bow Valley
Until April 4, 2010

The Stuff of Legend: The Luxton Family in Banff and the Bow Valley featuring High Fashion in the Rockies

The Whyte Museum is open daily from 10 am till 5 pm & can be found online at www.whyte.org

Too the Whyte Museum are on Facebook & Twitter!

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

One More Day!

One more day & we will start enjoying the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

Catch the excitement of the Opening Ceremonies with us here at the Banff Park Lodge in our Terrace Lounge on the large screen television.

Rooms are available for Friday night, February 12, 2010 starting from a rate of $169 plus applicable taxes based on single/double occupancy.




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Thursday, February 4, 2010

8 Days & Counting


Yes, only 8 more days and we will be welcoming the world to 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics.

As we look forward to the Winter Olympics, we are remembering the wonderful celebration that we had here in Banff on January 20, 2010 as we Painted the Town Red with the Olympic Spirit.

Here are some our memories that we'd like to share with you! Enjoy!




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Monday, February 1, 2010

Travelocity Roaming Gnome Fun





Thank you to the Travelocity Roaming Gnome and his Banff Guide for coming by the Banff Park Lodge while enroute to Banff's Mount Norquay.

The following is from the Travelocity Roaming Gnome Diary. Great times!


Dear Diary,

I've just got back from my trip to Banff, which was a splendid antidote to this case of cabin fever I'd been battling. Despite worrying that my beard might freeze upon stepping off the plane in Calgary - only a 90-minute drive from Banff! - the weather was was pleasant and sunny. I did some marvelous skiing in the Canadian Rockies, went ice-skating at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, and hitched a ride with KingMik Dogsled Tours (by jove, those puppies were fast.) I took a dip in Banff Springs, slipped into the hot tub at Sunshine Village, took a super ice walk with Discovery Banff Tours, and spent an afternoon at the Willow Stream Spa. I made some new friends at the Elk and Oarsman and sampled an embarrassingly large number of Banff’s excellent restaurants (yes, I’m carrying a little extra winter weight at the moment, don’t judge.) And I was certainly the life of the party at Aurora Nightclub and the Hoodoo Lounge. As if you’d expect anything less.

My word, I need a vacation after that vacation! Huge thanks to Banff Lake Louise Tourism and the entire Banff community for their warm welcome. Have a peek at my vacation snaps and videos below!

Toodles,
The Travelocity Roaming Gnome

PS: Want to cure your own cabin fever? You’ll find a host of smashingly affordable ideas here!



Skiing at Lake Louise. I was even better than this guy, I promise. You just can’t see it in the pictures.

In the hot tub at Sunshine Village. Steady on, ladies, there’s enough of me to go around.

It’s awfully hard to make snow angels when your hands are cemented to your sides. Hmm, bit of a flaw in that plan. Should have thought that one through.

Me and Dave Barton, Banff Guide & Social Media Guru. He showed me around town and made me feel right at gnome. Ahem, I mean right at HOME.

Taking a soothing dip at the Banff Hot Springs. This nice young lady made sure I didn’t get my beard wet. Honestly, it’s a nightmare to dry.

Riding the bull at Wild Bill’s Legendary Saloon. Got ROPED into it, if you know what I mean.

Dinner at Saltlik. I’ve got a steak knife and I’m not afraid to use it.

"Come here often?" I asked this lovely bartender at the Hoodoo Lounge. Turns out she’d heard that one before.

Tubing at Mt. Norquay. Anyone want to give me a push?

The food at the Balkan restaurant was smashing. Get it? I’ve been wanting to make that joke for ages.

Taking an ice walk in Johnson Canyon: smashing fun!

Playing hockey on Lake Louise. Score!

Super-duper ski jump at Lake Louise

For more pictures, follow the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/friends/?filter=afp#/album.php?aid=2051894&id=1477118851