Forgetful Cupid: Banff Day 2

Day 2 started with a McDonald's breakfast that was conveniently down the road. We didn't really know where to grab breakfast until we explored the town and McDonald's usually hits the spot.

My nails for the trip.

The day was pretty grey and gloomy, but that didn't matter to us. We walked up to the park to snap some pictures of the surrounding. I secretly wished I saw a moose as I had seen one there years ago. Our walk was pretty peaceful since it was pretty deserted. We were able to chat and catch up with one another. Nonetheless here's some beautiful mountains and a frozen river that you could walk across!

On our walk we found a gazebo which we decided to take more pictures. I'm such a dork because I had the camera on timer but I couldn't tell whether it was on so here's me running to Lance. LOL. It's okay because we ended up with a good picture after. We proceeded to have a little photo shoot on the steps of the gazebo after.

Oh don't mind me, I'm just touching the tip of the mountain. =)

After walking around for a bit, Lance got hungry so we had to go grab some food. Lance had ramen on his mind since he walked past it in the morning when he bought breakfast. I didn't really have a choice so it ramen it was. MMMM. Such a good choice. It's right beside McDonald's on Banff Avenue. It's such a tiny cramped restaurant but the ramen was one of the best I've eaten in a long time. I got the Tan Tan Ramen which had an extremely flavorful base. It's mildly spicy and peanutty. The portion was just perfect for me and it doesn't cost very much. Lance and I were discussing how this was better than going to a fast food restaurant because you're getting a much healthier meal here and your food comes out here uber fast! It's definitely authentic in my books.

After eating, we walked around town and visited a few souvenir shops. We even went to a thrift store! LOL, I love thrift stores. They're so fun to look through and see what people actually gave away. Sadly there weren't any vintage beauties to add to my collection that day. I loved exploring the town even though it was so small. It's just so great because of the different tiny stores on the streets, you just want to peek through and look at all the little gems. I was able to stop by David's Tea to pick up some oolong tea as I was a bit sick and wanted to make some at night while we were cozying up in our room.

Of course, since a few hours have past, Lance was getting a bit tired from walking around (poor him) so we had to make another stop for him to eat. This guy just eats and eats. Apparently he hates when he asked me whether I'm hungry and I say no. I imagine this is what he looks like on the inside. D:< We went to the Old Spaghetti Factory to eat and ran into our waitress from Giorgio's Trattoria. Small town! She's so sweet, I kind of wish we got to know her; not in a creepy way... LOL!

After lunch number 2 (what a fatty), we went back to the hotel to grab our swimming things and took a taxi up to the Hot Springs. Ahhh, such a perfect relaxation time. The sun was almost setting and we had such a great view of the mountains from where we were sitting. Well actually, I got the great view. Lance couldn't see anything without his glasses, hahaha. It was perfect because even though the air was so COLD, the water was just perfect. I didn't even want to leave. Except we had to leave eventually and while I was in the change room, I happened to walk past two girls who wouldn't stop glaring at me. When I past them I heard one of them ask the other whether she thought my boobs were real. Really?! Really? Because 21 years old, I have 10g's to drop on a pair of perfect plastic boobs. LOL. This isn't the first time strangers have said this about me. I even had people yell at me from their car asking me "are those real?" Hahaha. I guess I'm honored people think they're "big, fake, perfect" because, baby, I was born with it. WELL not born with it. But they grew naturally. You know what I mean. That would be creepy if babies were born with boobs. EWWW.

Just a lonely moose slowly melting outside the hotspring.

Moving on then...

We headed back to the hotel to drop our things off and proceeded to dinner. I was kind of scared that we would be late as it was about 8pm when we arrived at The Bison. Luckily there were fellow patrons arriving much later than we were. We were able grab a table there quickly and ordered. We had the bison carpaccio to start and I had the bison ribeye with extra veggies, no potatoes while Lance and the rabbit leg... UGH I can't believe he got the rabbit since we have a bunny together. I don't know what he was thinking but he said he enjoyed his meal. Oh well. It was interesting having bison because I've never had it before. I mean it tasted like beef but aren't they closely related anyways? I was pretty pleased that they were accommodating to me not wanting the potatoes but more vegetables. The interior had a great vibe to it, but it was definitely too dark for my taste. For dessert, we got the beer-a-misu and creme brulee to share. YUM. I kind of ended up eating the whole creme brulee to myself because it had the perfect creamy custardy taste to it and the shortbread cookies that accompanied it melted in your mouth. LOL, I am so selfish.