Canada: My Own Personal Adventure

Good times, good times, and good breathing room. While I can live and learn about the smaller travel mistakes, I do not regret this trip to Canada at all. It was definitely vacation worthy. The start of it was the worst part of it: immigration. I had no other choice but to wait the longest time to get in due to a security guards nonsense and ridiculous interrogation. He really made it his point to judge me and question me to my face in the worst way. I made it my point to make him feel like a fool for being the violent and hateful interrogator that he was. I shrugged it off and refused to let it ruin the rest of my trip. The first night I didn't do much of anything but settle in. I think I had the best burger I've ever had. My hotel had two restaurants (one I learned about later) and one was an expensive Chop house. While I don't think any burger should be that much, the taste was worth the price. It seemed like half of my money went towards food and transportation. It bummed me out a little. While shopping and clothes are about the same price or cheaper than the U.S., the food wasn't. I had a difficult time in trying to eat cheap. In transportation, I think the hassle would have been the same if I used a rental car vs. public transportation. It felt good to be in the city. To my surprise, there was another large mall across the street that I could easily get to through the pedway. Just that one was bigger than the Altoona (4 floors). I went to the Edmonton mall, and by the time I left, I'm pretty sure I got the whole mall covered. HUGE MALL. I didn't have the time or the money to do all that I wanted to do or purchase, but I still did the little bit of everything that I had planned. I went out club hopping the second night on Whyte ave. and had a good time. I only made it to 2 or 3 places by the time that I went home. All of the places were pretty neat night clubs. I met someone and met up with him later again to spend Valentines, wink wink. The next night I was too hung-over to go out and had a difficult time in shopping too. I went back to my place took a nap, got up to eat, then went to bed again. I had originally planned to go clubbing both nights, but I just wasn't able. The waterpark was a blast. I wished I would have gone on a Thursday or Friday, but just wasn't thinking about it all. It was wild and crazy. I have never seen water slides like that before. It is definitely thrill seeking slides. I couldn't handle them all. Two of them gave me a panic attack. I just get this fear when water splashes in my face and it gets hard to see or breathe. They weren't full fledged panic attacks. But my heart raced and my breathe was hard and panicky. I went to the wave pool a few times and had myself a nice colada drink. Had there not been a line for the large oversized hot tub, I would have finished there. I picked one of the easier yet still fun waterslides to go down before I ventured back into the mall. Of course I wished I had more money I could spend. I was bummed at the overall food and transportation expense because that meant spending less on shopping. I still got a good amount of stuff. I could have bought more, but will have to save my shopping for another time. I originally planned to get some stuff at Guess and Express too, but I know there are stores in the states or where I could just order clothes online. Fun Fun Fun. I could do it again, but will have to be later in the future.