Upon our arrival in Edmonton it was immediately apparent what a drastic difference there was between this city and nearby Calgary. This is obviously more of a working class city, and it has more of a lived in feel than Calgary. It also had a
distinct smell, like a raw sewage smell, caused from a construction of a nearby sewage line junction which has apparently been going on for the last three years. Yuck!
It seems as though we have also had the misfortune to miss out on about everything by one day, we missed X Fest in Calgary, then as it turns out we will miss out on a free concert at the 100th anniversary of the Alberta Legislature Building tomorrow. Maybe we will catch some of the mid day festivities though. I did however take a little time to walk down to the Legislature for a few pictures.
Another really cool building that we saw was the
Art Gallery of Alberta, which I at first mistook for a design by my favorite architect, Frank Gehry (designer of the EMP in Seattle and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao) but it wasn't. It was actually designed by a former Frank O. Gehry & Associates designer Randall Stout, which explains the strong Gehry influence. The museum has a prominent place next to Sir Winston Churchill Square. We are looking forward to making a visit to a different museum tomorrow, The Royal Alberta Museum a cultural history museum which looks fascinating.
But all of this talk of museums and capitol buildings has got me distracted from the most important topic. . . this town gots a serious stank! Time to Febreze this whole town!
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