I think it’s an elk (rather than a deer or a moose), grazing by the road just outside of Banff, by the Vermilion Lakes.
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passport update
Sydney Irish embassy: Your passport is here for collection. Best regards, Consulate General Sydney
Well. That’s convenient isn’t it. I’ll just pop over to Sydney then shall I?
(On contacting them, they’ve kindly offered to mail it out to the address I’d originally wanted them to mail it to anyway. Two and a half months ago. So hopefully all will end well)
Trying to get an Irish passport might even prove to be more fun than my attempts to get a US visa.
Me [back in July]: Hi, so I live in Melbourne, is the Canberra embassy the right place to submit my passport application to?
Irish embassy: Yes. The Canberra embassy processes applications for people who live in the ACT or Victoria. If you lived in NSW you’d have to submit your application to they Sydney embassy however.
Me: Well, I live in Melbourne, so that’s fine.
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Me [at the embassy in August]: So here is my passport application
Irish embassy: Why is the address for posting the passport to in NSW?
Me: Well I wanted it mailed to my parents, who live in NSW, as I’m not sure what address I’ll be at by the time the passport arrives. I live in Melbourne though. Is that ok?
Irish embassy: Yes, that’s fine
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Me [2 months after submitted application, and 6 weeks after they took money out of my account]: So um… where’s my passport?
Irish embassy: We have no application under that name.
Me: No, seriously.
Irish embassy: Oh. We sent it to Sydney because your form said you were from NSW
Me: [slaps forehead] Fine, I’ll email the Sydney embassy then
Sydney Irish embassy: ……..
I’ll keep you updated. No doubt I’ll find they emailed my passport to someone in Guatemala with the same name as me.
I got hold of a pair of ex-rental ice skates for $8…
Spent some time skating round in circles the other evening. Phase two will be trying to skate while holding a stick and hitting a small round black thing towards a net. I hear it’s traditional here.
Well, the only unsecured wireless network available from where I’m staying at the moment has become secured. This post is brought to you by much wailing and gnashing of teeth as I post from free internet accessed sitting on a park bench outside in a blizzard… or something like that… it’s certainly chilly. But behold! Some of the pretty lakes and creeks surrounding Banff. So scenic you could punch them in the teeth.
Two Jack Lake
Creek below Two Jack Lake
Johnston Canyon
Lake Minnewanka