Birthday in Banff

I had a wonderful amazing birthday with my husband in Calgary and Banff. They sent him there for business over my birthday, so as a gift, he took me too! I had a wonderful 5 day birthday vacation. I did a little shopping, ate some great food, stood on a glacier, and spent time with my wonderful husband in one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life!

Just outside Banff

Lake Louise

Mr. Scuba on a glacier

At first I didn't really feel like I was in a different country, but then I started noticing some very different things.

• everyone seemed really nice and smiled a lot!
• everything was clean and felt safe. I didn't see one piece of litter or graffiti anywhere!
• The Canadian police have WAY cooler uniforms than the police in the States. 
• A LOT more people smoke there. 
• If you don't make a reservation at a restaurant, no matter how empty the restaurant is, you are guaranteed a table by the bathrooms!
• All the hotels have HUGE fluffy pillows. They look great, but oh my poor neck.
• Even when inside out of the cold, no one takes their jackets, gloves, or hats off. I didn't want to look out of place, but I was sweating like a crazy person!
• Canadians seem to respect there environment a lot which I love!
• My favorite thing - the maternity leave is PAID for a whole YEAR!!!!!!

The crazy thing is that with all the wonderful things we got to do, my favorite thing was the last hour before I had to go to the airport. Mr. Scuba and I spent 30 minutes walking around a beautiful park, holding hands and just talking. I enjoyed that one on one time with him more than anything I have done in a very long time.