Our last day to get out and about in Edmonton and we declared not to go to WEM.  After a walk I decided that we needed to drive to the downtown of Edmonton to at least have a look, even if we didn’t get out and walk around, and then we could find a playground for the boys.  So that is what we did. I had some addresses for parks so we plugged those into the GPS and we headed...

Our day begun with our own breakfast in the hostel in Edmonton and then I set off for a walk to the Old Strathcona district just a block away from us.  This is an ‘old’ area of Edmonton, which really isn’t that old but is by Canadian/Australian standards.  The 100 year old buildings are now home to cool coffee shops, clubs, bookstores etc and have ‘character’.  When I...