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Originally Posted by OldDutch
I took a good friend from Miami and his girlfriend from Brazil around town last week. First time in Canada for her. We did a bike tour from Kensington Hotel Arts down to Peace Bridge, Prince’s Island, East Village, Inglewood, Mission, 8th Ave at lunch, then to Simmons for lunch.
They loved the tour of Calgary. She commented on how it reminded her of Sweden. The cleanliness and friendliness of the people. How the style of the city was very modern, and felt safe everywhere. Then they went to the mountains and were blown away at how amazing the Rockies are.
It was a great feeling to hear this. I often drive to work and go home each day and I don’t take the time to appreciate all we have. The bike tour was awesome for me as it really got me thinking how clean, safe and amazing this city is.
I know in the winter this place can be dark and cold, but in the summer it is probably one of the best cities in the world to live.
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Same, had my wife's friend over from Dallas for the long weekend. She's lived in Italy for 10 years, southern US / Atlanta / Dallas and gone all over the world. Went to Canmore, Calgary Tower, got some wings on Stephen Ave, gone to Mission. She absolutely loved Calgary, and she's been in Vancouver.
There's a lot going for Calgary, and it tends to be underrated a lot by Canadians because of the whole conservative / redneck stereotypes, so it always is fun to see their bubbles deflate a little that Toronto the center of the universe suddenly goes down.